Revision surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Surgical results and outcome

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-298

  Gok, Beril ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   McLoughlin, Gregory S ^a   McGirt, Matthew ^a   Ayhan, Selim ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Outcome; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RISK FACTOR; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; X RAY FILM; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64849104565     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000320441.86936.99     Document Type: Article

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