Surgical management of Hirayama disease in a pediatric patient presenting with severe cervical kyphosis and focal myelopathy: illustrative case

BACKGROUND: Hirayama disease (HD) is a rare, nonfamilial neuromuscular disease causing cervical myelopathy and deformity, most commonly effecting pubertal Asian males. Patients whose nonoperative treatment fails and who cannot tolerate long-term cervical immobilization, experience relapse after arre...

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Autores principales: Kurland, David B., Neifert, Sean, Khan, Hammad, Lau, Darryl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10550675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37096817
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE22544

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10550675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37096817
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE22544

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