C5 palsy after cervical laminoplasty: A multicentre study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-400

  Imagama, S ^a   Matsuyama, Y ^a   Yukawa, Y ^a,b   Kawakami, N ^a,c   Kamiya, M ^a,d   Kanemura, T ^a,e   Ishiguro, N ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Meijo Hospital   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Aichi Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agriculture Co operative Associations Konan Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE ROOT; NERVE SURGERY; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL PARALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77649215558     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B3.22786     Document Type: Article

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