Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging can predict neurological recovery after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A prospective study with blinded assessments

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 362-368

  Arvin, Babak ^a   Kalsi Ryan, Sukhvinder ^b   Karpova, Alina ^b   Mercier, David ^b   Furlan, Julio C ^b   Massicotte, Eric M ^b   Fehlings, Michael G ^b  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Cord expansion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prognosis; T2 signal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURICK SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 79960367199     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31821a418c     Document Type: Review

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