Clinical features and surgical outcomes of cervical spondylotic myelopathy in patients aged 80 years or older: A multi-center retrospective study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-246

  Nagashima, Hideki ^a   Dokai, Toshiyuki ^a   Hashiguchi, Hirokazu ^b   Ishii, Hiroyuki ^c   Kameyama, Yasuhiro ^d   Katae, Yuji ^b   Morio, Yasuo ^c   Morishita, Tsugutake ^e   Murata, Masaaki ^f   Nanjo, Yoshiro ^a   Takahashi, Toshiaki ^g   Tanida, Atsushi ^a   Tanishima, Shinji ^h   Yamane, Koji ^g   Teshima, Ryota ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAN IN ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

^d Masuda Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^e Tottori Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^f Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (Japan)

^g Tottori Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^h Matsue City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Complication; Elderly; Myelopathy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951682136     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1672-7     Document Type: Article

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