Effect of spinal cord signal intensity changes on clinical outcome after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 562-567

  Chatley, Anooj ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Jain, Vijendra K ^a   Behari, Sanjay ^a   Sahu, Rabi Narayan ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Signal intensity; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849108332     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.SPINE091     Document Type: Article

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