Predicted cervical canal enlargement and effective cord decompression following expansive laminoplasty using cervical magnetic resonance imaging

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-115

  Yusof, Mohd Imran ^a   Hassan, Eskandar ^a   Abdullah, Shafie ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Laminoplasty; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal canal expansion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LORDOSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79955929057     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-010-0704-7     Document Type: Article

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