Surgical treatment of cervical spondylosis in the elderly: Surgical outcomes, risk factors, and complications

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 377-382

  Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Yano, Shunsuke ^a   Koyanagi, Izumi ^b   Akino, Minoru ^c   Seki, Toshitaka ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior fusion; Cervical spondylosis; Elderly; Laminoplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52649168440     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.377     Document Type: Article

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