Effects of anterior contralateral cervical microdiskectomy on radiological and clinical outcome

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 446-452

  Çavuşoǧlu, Halit ^a   Türkmenoǧlu, Osman ^a   Kaya, Ramazan Alper ^a   Can, Songül Meltem ^a   Aydin, Yunus ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical diskectomy; Contralateral approach; Kyphosis; Spinal alignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KINEMATICS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646060986     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.07.071     Document Type: Article

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