Clinical significance of diffusion tensor tractography as a predictor of functional recovery after laminoplasty in patients with cervical compressive myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-152

  Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Fujiyoshi, Kanehiro ^a   Tsuji, Osahiko ^a   Konomi, Tsunehiko ^a   Hosogane, Naobumi ^a   Watanabe, Kota ^a   Tsuji, Takashi ^a   Ishii, Ken ^a   Momoshima, Suketaka ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical compressive myelopathy; Diffusion tensor tractography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864536659     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.5.SPINE1196     Document Type: Article

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