Long-term impacts of different posterior operations on curvature, neurological recovery and axial symptoms for multilevel cervical degenerative myelopathy

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1594-1602

  Du, Wei ^a   Wang, Linfeng ^a   Shen, Yong ^a   Zhang, Yingze ^a   Ding, Wenyuan ^a   Ren, Longxi ^b  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING CHUIYANGLIU HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Axial symptoms; Curvature index; Multilevel cervical degenerative myelopathy; Neurological recovery; Posterior operations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; TIME;

EID: 84879936876     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2741-5     Document Type: Article

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