Change in morphology of intramedullary T2-weighted increased signal intensity after anterior decompressive surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1458-1462

  Vedantam, Aditya ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

cervical spondylotic myelopathy; corpectomy; magnetic resonance imaging; ossified posterior longitudinal ligament; spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSSIFIED POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; T2 WEIGHTED INCREASED SIGNAL INTENSITY; CERVICAL SPINE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906317467     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000440     Document Type: Article

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