A comparison of anterior cervical discectomy and corpectomy in patients with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 474-481

  Lin, Qiushui ^a   Zhou, Xuhui ^a   Wang, Xinwei ^a   Cao, Peng ^a   Tsai, Nicholas ^b   Yuan, Wen ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Corpectomy; Discectomy; Multilevel; Spine fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL CORPECTOMY AND FUSION; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JAPANESE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DYSFUNCITON INDEX SCORE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84862869127     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1961-9     Document Type: Article

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