Surgical outcomes of elderly patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-240

  Holly, Langston T ^a   Moftakhar, Parham ^a   Khoo, Larry T ^a   Shamie, A Nick ^a   Wang, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Decompression; Elderly; Myelopathy; Outcomes; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DELIRIUM; DYSPHAGIA; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749195590     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.09.036     Document Type: Article

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