Long-term outcome of laminectomy and instrumented fusion for cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1075-1080

  Chen, Yu ^a   Guo, Yongfei ^a   Chen, Deyu ^a   Wang, Xinwei ^a   Lu, Xuhua ^a   Yuan, Wen ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE ROOT INJURY; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LAMINECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PARALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68349121546     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-008-0609-9     Document Type: Article

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