Microsurgical posterior foraminotomy with laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic radiculomyelopathy including cervical spondylotic amyotrophy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-132

  Sasai, Kunihiko ^a   Umeda, Masayuki ^a   Saito, Takanori ^a   Ohnari, Hiroyuki ^a   Wakabayashi, Ei ^a   Iida, Hirokazu ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophy; Cervical spine; Foraminotomy; Myelopathy; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LORDOSIS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; CERVICAL SPINE; LAMINECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL ROOT; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748539733     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.2.126     Document Type: Article

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