Cervical laminectomy for the treatment of cervical degenerative myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-149

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

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

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (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 PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l Neurosurgery and Neurology LLC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervical spondylosis; Laminectomy; Myelopathy; Practice guidelines; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249113604     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.SPINE08725     Document Type: Review

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