Can the results 6 months after anterior cervical decompression and fusion identify patients who will have remaining deficit at long-term?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-124

  Peolsson, Anneli ^a   Vavruch, Ludek ^b   Öberg, Birgitta ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cage; Cervical radiculopathy; Neck; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SICK LEAVE; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30844445757     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500163752     Document Type: Article

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