High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and 18FDG-PET findings of the cervical spinal cord before and after decompressive surgery in patients with compressive myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1185-1191

  Uchida, Kenzo ^a   Nakajima, Hideaki ^a   Yayama, Takafumi ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Shimada, Seiichiro ^a   Tsuchida, Tatsuro ^b   Okazawa, Hidehiko ^b   Mwaka, Erisa ^c   Baba, Hisatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

(18F)fluoro deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET); Cervical myelopathy; MRI; Ossified posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL); Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650469646     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819e2919     Document Type: Article

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