Measurement of volume-occupying rate of cervical spinal canal and its role in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1152-1157

  Dong, Fulong ^a   Shen, Cailiang ^a   Jiang, Shu ^a   Zhang, Renjie ^a   Song, Peiwen ^a   Yu, Yongqiang ^a   Wang, Shiyu ^a   Li, Xiaohu ^a   Zhao, Gang ^b   Ding, Changhai ^c  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Measurement; Spiral computed tomography; Volume occupying rate of cervical spinal canal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; X RAY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 84878241480     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2622-3     Document Type: Article

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