Surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy with anterior compression: A review of 67 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-157

  Gok, Beril ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   McLoughlin, Gregory S ^a   McGirt, Matthew ^a   Ayhan, Selim ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior compression; Cervical myelopathy; Outcome; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; DYSPHAGIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 52449092308     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/8/152     Document Type: Article

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