Multiple level discectomy and fusion

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Stewart, Todd J ^a   Schlenk, Richard P ^b   Benzel, Edward C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Cervical vertebrae; Myelopathy; Radiculopathy; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL CORPECTOMY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT STABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; VERTEBRA;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33846121631     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000217015.96212.1B     Document Type: Review

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