Long-term follow-up results of the Cloward procedure for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 128-134

  Galasso, Olimpio ^a   Mariconda, Massimo ^b   Iannò, Bruno ^a   De Gori, Marco ^a   Gasparini, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Cloward; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOWARD PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME;

EID: 84872408453     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2457-y     Document Type: Article

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