Correlation between change in graft height and change in segmental angle following central corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-166

  Thakar, Sumit ^a   Vedantam, Aditya ^b   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurological Sciences ^*  (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Corpectomy; Graft height; Kyphosis; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE REMODELING; CENTRAL CORPECTOMY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 52449126436     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/8/158     Document Type: Article

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