The evolution of T2-weighted intramedullary signal changes following ventral decompressive surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 538-546

  Sarkar, Sauradeep ^a   Turel, Mazda K ^a   Jacob, Kuruthukulangara S ^a   Chacko, Ari G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Oblique corpectomy; T2 weighted intramedullary changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCREASED SIGNAL INTENSITY; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CERVICAL SPINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGERY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907875526     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.6.SPINE13727     Document Type: Article

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