Techniques for anterior cervical decompression for radiculopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-197

  Matz, Paul G ^a,l   Ryken, Timothy C ^b   Groff, Michael W ^c   Vresilovic, Edward J ^d   Anderson, Paul A ^e   Heary, Robert F ^f   Holly, Langston T ^g   Kaiser, Michael G ^h   Mummaneni, Praveen V ⁱ   Choudhri, Tanvir F ^j   Resnick, Daniel K ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l Neurosurgery and Neurology LLC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cervical spine; Fixation; Fusion; Instrumentation; Practice guidelines; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NECK PAIN; PLATE FIXATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 68249103020     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.SPINE08721     Document Type: Review

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