Dynamic changes in dural sac and spinal cord cross-sectional area in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 399-403

  Machino, Masaaki ^a   Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^a   Ito, Keigo ^a   Nakashima, Hiroaki ^a   Kato, Fumihiko ^a  

^a CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cervical spondylotic myelopathy; dural sac cross sectional area; dynamic change; multi detector row CT; spinal cord cross sectional area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952315318     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d2510b     Document Type: Article

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