Circumferential cervical surgery for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: A multianalytic outcome study

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1340-1345

  Epstein, Nancy E ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Long Island Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumferential cervical surgery; Nurick grades; Odom's criteria; Outcome studies; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RESECTION; CERVICAL SPINE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALO STABILIZATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; NURICK GRADE; ODOM CRITERIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA CORPECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942659073     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000127195.35180.08     Document Type: Article

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