Preservation of the nuchal ligament plays an important role in preventing unfavorable radiologic changes after laminoplasty

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 338-343

  Sakaura, Hironobu ^a   Hosono, Noboru ^b   Mukai, Yoshihiro ^c   Oshima, Kazuya ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine surgery; Nuchal ligament; Postoperative complication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT; LORDOSIS; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCHAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LAMINECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; STANDARD;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52049102615     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181453de4     Document Type: Article

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