Prognostic relevance of the postoperative evolution of intramedullary spinal cord changes in signal intensity on magnetic resonance imaging after anterior decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 615-622

  Mastronardi, Luciano ^a,b   Elsawaf, Ahmed ^a   Roperto, Raffaelino ^a   Bozzao, Alessandro ^a   Caroli, Manuela ^a   Ferrante, Michele ^a   Ferrante, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical decompression; Cervical spine; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging; Signal intensity; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCALE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURICK SCALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349058163     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/12/615     Document Type: Article

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