Anterior cervical corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Experience and surgical results in a series of 70 consecutive patients

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-238

  Chibbaro, S ^a,c   Benvenuti, L ^a   Carnesecchi, S ^a   Marsella, M ^b   Pulera F ^a   Serino, D ^a   Gagliardi, R ^a  

^a Livorno Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior corpectomy; Bone graft; Cervical myelopathy; Titanium mesh

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644500164     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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