Anterior corpectomy and fusion for severe ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-482

  Chen, Yu ^a   Chen, Deyu ^a   Wang, Xinwei ^a   Lu, Xuhai ^a   Guo, Yongfei ^a   He, Zhimin ^a   Tian, Haijun ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; LORDOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64249085148     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-008-0542-y     Document Type: Article

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