Two-level anterior cervical discectomy versus one-level corpectomy in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 692-696

  Oh, Min Chul ^a   Zhang, Ho Yeol ^b   Park, Jeong Yoon ^b   Kim, Keun Su ^c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical corpectomy and anterior interbody fusion; Anterior cervical discectomy and anterior interbody fusion; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LORDOSIS; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 67649390073     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318199690a     Document Type: Article

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