Management of cervical kyphotic deformity

Seminars in Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-60

  Matz, Paul G ^a,b   Wolff III, Charles L ^b   Hadley, Mark N ^b  

^a University of Alabama ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervical spondylosis; Corpectomy; Kyphosis; Myelopathy; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRODESIS; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DYSPHAGIA; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041736407     PISSN: 15268012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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