Cervical laminoforaminotomy for radiculopathy: Symptomatic and functional outcomes in a large cohort with long-term follow-up

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2014, Pages S536-S543

  Church, Ephraim W ^a   Halpern, Casey H ^b   Faught, Ryan W ^b   Balmuri, Usha ^b   Attiah, Mark A ^b   Hayden, Sharon ^b   Kerr, Marie ^b   Maloney Wilensky, Eileen ^b   Bynum, Janice ^b   Dante, Stephen J ^b   Welch, William C ^b   Simeone, Frederick A ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Laminoforaminotomy; Posterior cervical foraminotomy; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LAMINOFORAMINOTOMY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORAMINOTOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LACERATION; LIQUORRHEA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL INFECTION; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84925668249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.148029     Document Type: Article

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