The anterior approach for removal of ruptured cervical disks

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 496-508

  Cloward, Ralph B ^a  

^a 388 Alexander Young Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM WEAKNESS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE GRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DERMATOME; DISKOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MUSCLE HEMATOMA; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NERVE ROOT; OSTEOPHYTE; PARESTHESIA; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON REFLEX; VERTEBRAL CANAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347219043     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.5.496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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