Advances in MR imaging for cervical spondylotic myelopathy
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[Laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy].
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a common condition. Uninstrumented laminectomy may be complicated by postoperative instability, whereas anterior or posterior decompression with fusion may be associated with stiffness and adjacent segment disease. Cervical laminoplasty, initially oriented towards pediatric patients and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, becomes an inte...
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether either of two mechanical theories predicts the topographic pattern of neuropathology in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). The compression theory states that the spinal cord is compressed between a spondylotic bar anteriorly and the ligamenta flava posteriorly. The dentate tension theory states that the spinal cord is pulled laterally by the dentate ligaments,...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Spine Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0940-6719,1432-0932
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2915-1