Importance of preserving the C7 spinous process and attached nuchal ligament in French-door laminoplasty to reduce postoperative axial symptoms

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1417-1422

  Takeuchi, Tatsuto ^a,b   Shono, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a KUSHIRO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Shinnittetsu Muroran General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial symptoms; Laminoplasty; Nuchal ligament; Spinous process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548556636     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0352-8     Document Type: Article

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