Surgical outcome in rheumatoid Ranawat Class IIIB myelopathy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 706-714

  Nannapaneni, Ravindra ^a   Behari, Sanjay ^b   Todd, Nicholas V ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial subluxation; Cervical spine; Craniovertebral junction; Posterior fixation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Transoral decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844385129     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000156202.80185.32     Document Type: Article

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