The value of intraoperative ultrasound in oblique corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy and ossified posterior longitudinal ligament

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 518-525

  Moses, Vinu ^a   Daniel, Roy Thomas ^a   Chacko, Ari George ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Interventional ultrasonography; oblique corpectomy; OPLL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBLIQUE CERVICAL CORPECTOMY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957320407     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2010.504049     Document Type: Article

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