Quality of life assessment after central corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Comparative evaluation of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-412

  Thakar, Sumit ^a   Christopher, Solomon ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Corpectomy; Quality of life; SF 36; WHOQOL Bref

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70349645355     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.SPINE08749     Document Type: Article

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