Long-term results of expansive open-door laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy - Average 14-year follow-up study

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 2998-3005

  Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Ogawa, Yuto ^a   Ishii, Ken ^a   Takaishi, Hironari ^a   Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Maruiwa, Hirofumi ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Expansive laminoplasty; Long term surgical outcome; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LEG; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845739713     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000250307.78987.6b     Document Type: Article

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