Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Conservative versus surgical treatment after 10 years

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1533-1538

  Kadaňka, Zdeněk ^a   Bednařík, Josef ^a   Novotný, Oldřich ^a   Urbánek, Igor ^a   Dušek, Ladislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Conservative treatment; Spondylotic cervical myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOTIC CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855195710     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1811-9     Document Type: Article

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