Effectiveness of surgical treatment for traumatic central cord syndrome: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Chen, Liang ^a,b   Yang, Huilin ^a   Yang, Tongqi ^a   Xu, Yaozeng ^a   Bao, Zhaohua ^a   Tang, Tiansi ^a  

^a SUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

American Spinal Injury Association motor score; Short form health survey; Spasticity; Surgical treatment; Traumatic central cord syndrome; Walking index for spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; AGE; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEURALGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS; WALKING;

EID: 61549127962     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.9.SPI0822     Document Type: Article

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