Does age affect surgical outcomes in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy? Results from the prospective multicenter AOSpine International study on 479 patients

BACKGROUND: In general, older patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) are felt to have lower recovery potential following surgery due to increased degenerative pathology, comorbidities, reduced physiological reserves and age-related changes to the spinal cord. This study aims to determi...

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Autores principales: Nakashima, Hiroaki, Tetreault, Lindsay A, Nagoshi, Narihito, Nouri, Aria, Kopjar, Branko, Arnold, Paul M, Bartels, Ronald, Defino, Helton, Kale, Shashank, Zhou, Qiang, Fehlings, Michael G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26420885
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2015-311074

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26420885
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2015-311074

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