Changes in the range of motion of the cervical spine and adjacent segments at ≥24 months after uninstrumented corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 995-1001

  Vedantam, Aditya ^a   Revanappa, Kumbhar Kartik ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment; Cervical spine; Cervical spondylosis; Corpectomy; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORPECTOMY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOPHYTE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MOBILITY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 79955934513     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-0986-5     Document Type: Article

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