Cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated by oblique corpectomy: A prospective study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 674-681

  Kiris, Talat ^a,c   Kilinçer, Cumhur ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Cervical vertebrae; Compressive myelopathy; Horner's syndrome; Spondylosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGY; OBLIQUE CORPECTOMY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449087352     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000317316.56235.a7     Document Type: Article

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