Treatment of cervical stenotic myelopathy: A cost and outcome comparison of laminoplasty versus laminectomy and lateral mass fusion - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 619-625

  Highsmith, Jason M ^a   Dhall, Sanjay S ^b   Haid Jr , Regis W ^c   Rodts Jr , Gerald E ^b   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^d  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Atlanta Brain and Spine Care   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Laminoplasty; Outcome; Posterior cervical fusion; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NURICK SCORE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 79955640799     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.SPINE10206     Document Type: Article

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