Long-term outcome for surgically treated cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and myelopathy

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 228-240

  Kadoya, Satoru ^a,b   Iizuka, Hideaki ^a   Nakamura, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical fusion; Narrow cervical canal; Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament; Osteophytectomy; Spinal cord compression; Spinal osteophytosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038460132     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.228     Document Type: Article

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