C3-4 level cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-219

  Vyas, K H ^a   Banerji, Deepu ^a,b   Behari, S ^a   Jain, S ^a   Jain, V K ^a   Chhabra, D K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Shri Gujarati Samaj College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior approaches; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Static and dynamic canal diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRAL CANAL; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 4344657818     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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