Posterior correction and fusion for severe cervical kyphosis in a patient with myotonic dystrophy: A case report

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Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Yuzawa, Yohei ^a   Hashimoto, Takao ^a   Takahashi, Jun ^b   Nakamura, Isao ^b   Hirabayashi, Hiroki ^b   Ebara, Sohei ^c  

^a Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Chigasaki Tokushukai Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical kyphosis; Myotonic dystrophy; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OCCIPITAL BONE; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748855573     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000240208.77875.34     Document Type: Article

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