Long-term surgical outcome and risk factors in patients with cervical myelopathy and a change in signal intensity of intramedullary spinal cord on magnetic resonance imaging: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-65

  Yagi, Mitsuru ^a   Ninomiya, Ken ^a   Kihara, Michiya ^a   Horiuchi, Yukio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical compression myelopathy; Intramedullary high signal intensity area; Laminoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL COMPRESSION MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; LAMINOPLASTY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 74549212658     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.5.SPINE08940     Document Type: Article

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