Surgical management of cervical myelopathy: indications and techniques for multilevel cervical discectomy

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Hillard, Virany H ^a   Apfelbaum, Ronald I ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Allograft; Anterior fusion; Dynamic plating; Multilevel cervical discectomy

Indexed keywords

BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRACE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CURETTAGE; DYSPHAGIA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LORDOSIS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPHYTE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; ILIUM; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 33750626516     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.05.005     Document Type: Review

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