Interlaminar bony fusion after cervical laminoplasty: Its characteristics and relationship with clinical results

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 644-647

  Iizuka, Haku ^a   Iizuka, Yoichi ^a   Nakagawa, Yumi ^a   Nakajima, Takashi ^a   Toda, Naofumi ^b   Shimegi, Atsushi ^a   Tsutsumi, Satoshi ^a   Takagishi, Kenji ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Harunaso Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Interlaminar bony fusion; Laminoplasty; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRALAMINAL BONY FUSION; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 33645103210     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000203707.79269.6a     Document Type: Article

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