Intramedullary high signal intensity and neurological status as prognostic factors in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1687-1694

  Shin, Jun Jae ^c   Jin, Byung Ho ^a   Kim, Keun Su ^a   Cho, Yong Eun ^a   Cho, Woo Ho ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Intramedullary; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 78149415093     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0692-8     Document Type: Article

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