Posterior cervical decompression and fusion for circumferential spondylotic cervical stenosis: Review of 50 consecutive cases

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-30

  Sekhon, Lali H S ^a  

^a SpineNevada   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Fusion; Lateral mass; Myelopathy; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30344486674     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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