Morphological features and clinical significance of epidural membrane in the cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Miyauchi, Akira ^a   Sumida, Tadayoshi ^a   Manabe, Hideki ^a   Mikami, Yukio ^a   Kaneko, Mayumi ^a   Sumen, Yoshio ^b   Ochi, Mitsuo ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b ONOMICHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cervical spine; epidural membrane; histology; minimally invasive surgery; myelopathy

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDURAL MEMBRANE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MEMBRANES; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84865866530     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31825fcfb5     Document Type: Review

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