Cervical myelopathy due to OPLL: Clinical evaluation by MRI and intraoperative spinal sonography

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-404

  Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^a   Kawakami, Noriaki ^a   Yanase, Makoto ^a   Yoshihara, Hisatake ^a   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a   Kameyama, Takashi ^a   Hashizume, Yoshio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional shape of spinal cord; Intraoperative spinal sonography; Magnetic resonance images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 12744253607     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000112087.85112.86     Document Type: Article

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