Decompressive cervical laminectomy and lateral mass screw-rod arthrodesis. Surgical analysis and outcome

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Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Al Barbarawi, Moh'd M ^a   Audat, Ziad A ^a   Obeidat, Moutasem M ^a   Qudsieh, Tareq M ^a   Dabbas, Waleed F ^a   Obaidat, Mouness H ^a   Malkawi, Anas A ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Decompressive laminectomy; Lateral mass arthrodesis; Spinal fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956051994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-6-10     Document Type: Article

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