Cervical spondylosis with spinal cord encroachment: should preventive surgery be recommended?

BACKGROUND: It has been stated that individuals who have spondylotic encroachment on the cervical spinal cord without myelopathy are at increased risk of spinal cord injury if they experience minor trauma. Preventive decompression surgery has been recommended for these individuals. The purpose of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Murphy, Donald R, Coulis, Christopher M, Gerrard, Jonathan K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19703280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-1340-17-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19703280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-1340-17-8

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