Palsy of the C5 nerve root after midsagittal-splitting laminoplasty of the cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1123-1127

  Minoda, Yukihide ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^b   Konishi, Sadahiko ^b   Nagayama, Ryuichi ^b   Suzuki, Eisuke ^b   Yamano, Yoshiki ^b   Takaoka, Kunio ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical laminoplasty; Imaging characteristics; Nerve root palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL NERVE ROOT PARALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LORDOSIS; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038617291     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000067261.83984.73     Document Type: Article

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