Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Complications and outcomes after spinal fusion

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 455-461

  Boakye, Maxwell ^a   Patil, Chirag G ^a   Santarelli, Justin ^a   Ho, Chris ^a   Tian, Wendy ^a   Lad, Shivanand P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Complications; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41749108129     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316013.97926.4c     Document Type: Article

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