Neural Space Integrity of the Lower Cervical Spine: Effect of Anterior Lesions

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 642-649

  Nuckley, David J ^a,d   Konodi, Mark A ^b   Raynak, Geoffrey C ^a   Ching, Randal P ^a,b   Chapman, Jens R ^b,c   Mirza, Sohail K ^b,c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Applied Biomechanics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical corpectomy; Cervical discectomy; Cervical lesions; Intervertebral foramen; Neural injury; Neural spaces; Spinal canal; Spine instability; Surgical stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT INSTABILITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURAL SPACE; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRANSDUCERS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 1542405788     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000115132.49734.33     Document Type: Article

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