Outcome of decompression surgery for cervical spinal cord injury without bone and disc injury in patients with spinal cord compression: A multicenter prospective study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 548-553

  Kawano, O ^a   Ueta, T ^a   Shiba, K ^a   Iwamoto, Y ^b  

^a SPINAL INJURIES CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cervical spinal cord injury; decompression surgery; prospective study; spinal cord compression; spinal cord injury without bone and disc injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CERVICAL SPINE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 77954312892     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.179     Document Type: Article

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