Laminectomy for cervical myelopathy

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 317-327

  Epstein, N E ^a,b,c,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Northwell Health   (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Long Island Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical laminectomy; Laminoplasty; Lateral mass; Posterior fusion; Screws; Wiring

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

AGE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOFORAMINOTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BONE WIRES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037835957     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101477     Document Type: Review

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