Open-door laminoplasty with suture anchor fixation for cervical myelopathy in ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 492-498

  Yang, Shih Chieh ^a   Yu, Shang Won ^a   Tu, Yuan Kun ^a   Niu, Chi Chien ^a   Chen, Lih Huei ^a   Chen, Wen Jer ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Laminoplasty; Lateral mass screw; Myelopathy; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Suture anchor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948878603     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318033e844     Document Type: Article

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