Surgical management of cervical degenerative disease: The evidence related to indications, impact, and outcome

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-100

  Fehlings, Michael G ^a   Arvin, Babak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical degenerative disease; Evidence; Introduction

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2;

AGING; ARTHROPLASTY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249107790     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.5.SPINE09210     Document Type: Review

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