Anterior approach versus posterior approach for the treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A systemic review and meta-analysis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1583-1593

  Zhu, Bin ^a,b   Xu, Yilan ^a   Liu, Xiaoguang ^b   Liu, Zhongjun ^b   Dang, Gengting ^b  

^a BEIJING TSINGHUA CHANGGUNG HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Meta analysis; Posterior approach; Systemic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 84879950211     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2817-2     Document Type: Article

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