Postoperative factors affecting neurological recovery after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 483-487

  Ogawa, Yuto ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Takaishi, Hironari ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Laminoplasty; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPONDYLOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 33947121916     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.6.483     Document Type: Article

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