Choice of surgical approach for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in combination with cervical disc hernia

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 494-501

  Yang, Hai Song ^a   Chen, De Yu ^a   Lu, Xu Hua ^a   Yang, Li Li ^a   Yan, Wang Jun ^a   Yuan, Wen ^a   Chen, Yu ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leakage; Cervical; Disc hernia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior longitudinal ligament ossification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 77951102542     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1239-7     Document Type: Article

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