Results of surgical treatment for thoracic myelopathy: Minimum 2-year follow-up study in 132 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Aizawa, Toshimi ^a   Sato, Tetsuro ^b   Sasaki, Hirotoshi ^b   Matsumoto, Fujio ^c   Morozumi, Naoki ^d   Kusakabe, Takashi ^c   Itoi, Eiji ^a   Kokubun, Shoichi ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sendai Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc herniation; Ossification of the ligamentum flavum; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Thoracic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OSTEOPHYTE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC MYELOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447499020     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/07/013     Document Type: Article

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