Surgical treatment for cervical myelopathy in patients aged > 80 years

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-48

  Nagano, Akihito ^a   Miyamoto, Kei ^a   Hosoe, Hideo ^a   Iinuma, Nobuki ^b   Nishimoto, Hirofumi ^c   Sakaeda, Hirohumi ^d   Wada, Eiji ^e   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Gifu Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d Gifu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^e Hashima Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSRAPHISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0742306834     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20040101-17     Document Type: Article

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