Calcified intervertebral disc herniation in a child with myelopathy treated with laminoplasty

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 680-683

  Sato, K ^a   Nagata, K ^a   Park, J S ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Expansive laminoplasty; Herniation of nucleus pulposus; Intervertebral disc calcification; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINOPLASTY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALCINOSIS; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 28344434925     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101755     Document Type: Article

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