Cervical corpectomy with preserved posterior vertebral wall for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A randomized control clinical study

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1482-1487

  Ying, Zhang ^a   Xinwei, Wang ^a   Jing, Zhang ^a   Shengming, Xu ^a   Bitao, Lv ^a   Tao, Zhang ^a   Wen, Yuan ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Corpectomy; Decompression; Discectomy; Fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL CANAL; X RAY PICTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250761952     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318068b30a     Document Type: Article

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