Long-term follow-up after open-window corpectomy in patients with advanced cervical spondylosis and/or ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-20

  Ozer, Ali Fahir ^a   Oktenoglu, Tunc ^a   Cosar, Murat ^b   Sasani, Mehdi ^a   Sarioglu, Ali Cetin ^a  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Cervical spondylosis; Cervical stenosis; Open window corpectomy; Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LORDOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN WINDOW CORPECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68049148817     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31815f49fe     Document Type: Article

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