Cervical spondylotic myelopathy associated with kyphosis or sagittal sigmoid alignment: Outcome after anterior or posterior decompression - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 521-528

  Uchida, Kenzo ^a   Nakajima, Hideaki ^a   Sato, Ryuichiro ^a   Yayama, Takafumi ^a   Mwaka, Erisa S ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Baba, Hisatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Comparative study; Kyphosis; Myelopathy; Sagittal alignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPONDYLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLOSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71849098830     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.SPINE08385     Document Type: Article

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