Large vertebral body, in addition to narrow spinal canal, are risk factors for cervical myelopathy

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-186

  Hukuda, Sinsuke ^a   Xiang, Li Fang ^a   Imai, Shinji ^a   Katsuura, Akitomo ^a   Imanaka, Tohru ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Morphological study; Spinal canal; Spinal cord; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 9444270364     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199606000-00001     Document Type: Article

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