How beneficial is surgery for cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7765, 2010, Pages 200-202

  Fouyas, Ioannis P ^a   Sandercock, Peter A G ^a   Statham, Patrick F X ^a   Nikolaidis, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Tzaneio General State Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955119966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3108     Document Type: Short Survey

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