Outcomes for combined anterior and posterior surgical approaches for patients with multisegmental cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-409

  Konya, Deniz ^a   Ozgen, Serdar ^a   Gercek, Arzu ^a   Pamir, M Necmettin ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Disc herniation; Fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59349095429     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.07.070     Document Type: Article

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