The effect of an anterior cervical operation for cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy on associated headaches

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1919-1923

  Riina, Joseph ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^b   Holly, Langston T ^c   Flint, Kathy ^a   Davis, Kenneth E ^d   Riew, K Daniel ^e  

^a Orthopaedics Indianapolis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HIP AND KNEE SURGERY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349151205     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00500     Document Type: Article

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