Predictors of outcome in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy undergoing surgical treatment: A survey of members from AOSpine International

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 623-633

  Tetreault, Lindsay A ^a   Nouri, Aria ^a   Singh, Anoushka ^b   Fawcett, Mike ^c   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c AOSpine Research Network   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AOSpine international; Baseline severity score; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Clinical factors; Combined T1 T2 signal changes; Duration of symptoms; Imaging factors; Predictors of surgical outcome; Signal intensity on t2 weighted images; Survey results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROSURGEON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX; SMOKING; SURGERY; SURGICAL OUTCOME; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GAIT DISORDER; HEART INFARCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE EAST; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AOSPINE INTERNATIONAL; BASELINE SEVERITY SCORE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL FACTORS; COMBINED T1/T2 SIGNAL CHANGES; DURATION OF SYMPTOMS; IMAGING FACTORS; PREDICTORS OF SURGICAL OUTCOME; SIGNAL INTENSITY ON T2-WEIGHTED IMAGES; SURVEY RESULTS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898024542     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.09.023     Document Type: Review

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