Acute graft extrusion following central corpectomy in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy and ossified posterior longitudinal ligament

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-377

  Kumar, G Samson Sujit ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Corpectomy; Graft migration; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59349105043     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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