Anterior cervical foramenotomy for cervical radiculopathy

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 370-374

  White, B D ^a   Buxton, N ^b   Fitzgerald, J J ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical foramenotomy; Cervical disc prolapse; Cervical radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIMB PAIN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547679957     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701441340     Document Type: Article

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