Indications for anterior cervical decompression for the treatment of cervical degenerative radiculopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-182

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (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 NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (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; Foraminotomy; Practice guidelines; Radiculopathy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEAKNESS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249108817     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.SPINE08720     Document Type: Review

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