The incidence of C5-C6 radiculopathy as a complication of extensive cervical decompression: Own results and review of literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-142

  Greiner Perth, Ralph ^a   ElSaghir, Hesham ^a   Böhm, Heinrich ^a   El Meshtawy, Mohamed ^a  

^a Zentralklinik Bad Berka   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical corpectomy; Cervical spine; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Extensive decompression; Radiculopathy; Spinal cord shift

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LITERATURE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 17444385222     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0352-7     Document Type: Review

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