Prolapse of a cervical disc in elderly patients with cervical spondylosis.
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Prolapse of a cervical disc in elderly patients with cervical spondylosis.
Compression of the spinal cord due to herniation or extrusion of a soft cervical disc is an eminently treatable condition with a favourable prognosis after excision of the disc.'4 By contrast, in patients in whom the compression is due to cervical spondylosisthat is, narrowing of the spinal canal at several levels by ligamentous hypertrophy and osteophytic bars-medical treatment is often unsati...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.293.6549.749