Prognostic value of somatosensory-evoked potentials in the surgical management of cervical spondylotic myelopathy

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Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Hu, Yong ^a   Ding, Yu ^b   Ruan, Dike ^b   Wong, Y W ^a   Cheung, Kenneth M C ^a   Luk, Keith D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Median nerve; Prognosis; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Surgery outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049102039     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816f6c8e     Document Type: Article

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