Preoperative patient selection with magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and electroencephalography: Does the test predict outcome after cervical surgery?

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-129

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (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; Computed tomography; Electromyography; Magnetic resonance; Practice guidelines; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249110353     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.SPINE08717     Document Type: Review

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