Minimally invasive surgery for the management of cervical spondylosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Santiago, Paul ^a   Fessler, Richard G ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Endoscopy; Microsurgery; Minimally invasive; Myelopathy; Neck pain; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOFORAMINOTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SPONDYLOSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MICROSCOPY; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 33846117050     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000215349.40925.88     Document Type: Review

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