Multilevel oblique corpectomy without fusion in managing cervical myelopathy: Long-term outcome and stability evaluation in 268 patients - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 458-465

  Chibbaro, Salvatore ^a   Mirone, Giuseppe ^a   Makiese, Orphée ^a   George, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Cervical spondylosis; Multilevel oblique corpectomy; Myelopathy; Spinal stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL OBLIQUE CORPECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RATING SCALE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66449136573     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.SPINE08186     Document Type: Article

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