Commentary: Patient heterogeneity complicates efforts to compare effectiveness for anterior versus posterior surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 732-733

  Ghogawala, Zoher ^a,b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84879955387     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.04.010     Document Type: Note

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