Degenerative spondylolisthesis of the cervical spine - Symptoms and surgical strategies depending on disease progress

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 680-684

  Woiciechowsky, Christian ^a   Thomale, Ulrich Wilhelm ^a   Kroppenstedt, Stefan Nikolaus ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Degenerative instability; Fusion; Myelopathy; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15744363450     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0673-9     Document Type: Article

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