Laser-assisted anterior cervical corpectomy versus posterior laminoplasty for cervical myelopathic patients with multilevel ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Ahn, Yong ^a   Lee, June Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGAMENTS; NEUROLOGY;

ANTEROPOSTERIOR (AP); COBB'S ANGLE; LAMINOPLASTY; NURICK GRADING SYSTEM; RANGE OF MOTION (ROM);

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMINOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 43049141183     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2110     Document Type: Article

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