Cervical disc herniation and cervical spondylosis surgically treated by Cloward procedure: A 10-year-minimum follow-up study

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Faldini, Cesare ^a   Leonetti, Danilo ^a   Nanni, Matteo ^a   Martino, Alberto Di ^b   Denaro, Luca ^c   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b   Giannini, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical disc herniation; Cervical spondylosis; Cloward procedure; Long term follow up; Single level; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOWARD PROCEDURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CERVICAL SPINE; DISABILITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT;

EID: 77956788222     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-010-0093-z     Document Type: Article

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