National trends in spinal fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-69

  Lad, Shivanand P ^a   Patil, Chirag G ^a   Berta, Scott ^a   Santarelli, Justin G ^a   Ho, Christopher ^a   Boakye, Maxwell ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Health outcomes; Neurosurgery; Spinal fusion; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57249108584     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.02.045     Document Type: Article

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