Comparison of anterior cervical foraminotomy vs arthroplasty for unilateral cervical radiculopathy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-680

  Yi, Seong ^a   Lim, Jae Hyun ^b   Choi, Ki Suk ^b   Sheen, Yong Cheol ^b   Park, Hyang Kwon ^b   Jang, Il Tae ^b   Yoon, Do Heum ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Nanoori Gangnam Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical foraminotomy; Arthroplasty; Biomechanical outcomes; Bryan disk; Spondylosis; Unilateral cervical radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL ARTHROPLASTY; CERVICAL FORAMINOTOMY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LORDOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349188725     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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