Efficacy and results of expansive laminoplasty in patients with severe cervical myelopathy due to cervical canal stenosis

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-58

  Agrawal, D ^a   Sharma, B S ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Mehta, V S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical canal stenosis; Laminoplasty; Ligamentum flavum hypertrophy; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16544364626     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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