Clinical prognostic indicators of surgical outcome in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-118

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (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; Cervical spondylosis; Myelopathy; Practice guidelines; Prognosis; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249125549     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.SPINE08718     Document Type: Review

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