Functional outcome of corpectomy in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-209

  Williams, Kanishka E ^a   Paul, Rajesh ^a   Dewan, Yashbir ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Cervical corpectomy; Cervical decompression; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649512756     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.50855     Document Type: Article

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