Cervical Cord Decompression Using Extended Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy Technique
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Cervical Cord Decompression Using Extended Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy Technique
OBJECTIVE At present, gold-standard technique of cervical cord decompression is surgical decompression and fusion. But, many complications related cervical fusion have been reported. We adopted an extended anterior cervical foraminotomy (EACF) technique to decompress the anterolateral portion of cervical cord and report clinical results and effectiveness of this procedure. METHODS Fifty-three...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2005-3711,1598-7876
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2014.56.2.114