Double-door laminoplasty in managing multilevel myelopathy: Technique description and literature review

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Orabi, M ^a   Chibbaro, S ^a   Makiese, O ^a   Cornelius, J F ^a   George, B ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior decompression; Cervical myelopathy; Cervical spondylosis; Laminectomy; Laminoplasty; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LAMINOPLASTY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL; X RAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 36448983585     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-007-0114-4     Document Type: Article

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