Cervical compression myelopathy: Is fusion the main prognostic indicator?

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-539

  Sorar, Mehmet ^a   Seçkin, Hakan ^a,d   Hatipoglu, Cem ^b   Budakoglu, Isil Irem ^c   Yigitkanli, Kazim ^a   Bavbek, Murad ^a   Kars, Zafer ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b Visart Image Center   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical decompression; Cervical spine; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Intramedullary signal change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249992541     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.6.3     Document Type: Article

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