Multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Seminars in Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-20

  Wienecke, Robert J ^a   Loftus, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; Cervical spondylosis; Fusion; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0042236740     PISSN: 15268012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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