Laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 688-695

  Woods, Barrett I ^a   Hohl, Justin ^a   Lee, Joon ^a   Donaldson III, William ^a   Kang, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; LORDOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 79952996109     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1653-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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