High anterior cervical approach to the upper cervical spine

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 519-524

  Park, Seong Hyun ^a   Sung, Joo Kyung ^a   Lee, Sun Ho ^a   Park, Jaechan ^a   Hwang, Jeong Hyun ^a   Hwang, Sung Kyoo ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C2 3 fusion; High anterior cervical approach; Prevascular extraoral retropharyngeal approach; Upper cervical spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35349013015     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.11.070     Document Type: Article

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