Cervical spondylotic myelopathy and radiculopathy treated by oblique corpectomies without fusion

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 252-258

  Koç, R Kemal ^a   Menkü, Ahmet ^a   Akdemir, Hidayet ^a   Tucer, Bülent ^a   Kurtsoy, Ali ^a   Öktem, I Suat ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterolateral approach; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Cervical spondylotic radiculopathy; Oblique corpectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBLIQUE CORPECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5344244047     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0342-9     Document Type: Article

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