Outcomes review of laminoplasty for the treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-273

  Park, Andrew E ^a   Heller, John G ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Laminoplasty; Myelopathy; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY;

EID: 33646910254     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000223537.80266.1c     Document Type: Review

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