Anterior cervical foraminotomy for unilateral spondylotic radiculopathy

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 186-189

  Koç, R Kemal ^a   Menku A ^a   Tucer, B ^a   Gocmez C ^a   Akdemir, H ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical foraminotomy; Cervical spondylotic radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL FORAMINOTOMY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544237555     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818497     Document Type: Review

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