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Total stabilization of the cervical spine in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Neurosurgery 1986 Apr;18(4):491-5

Date

04/01/1986

Pubmed ID

3703226

DOI

10.1227/00006123-198604000-00022

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0022507336 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   13 Citations

Abstract

Certain patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy demonstrate instability in the upper cervical vertebral column associated with marked narrowing of the vertebral canal in the neighboring lower cervical segments. This combination of causative mechanisms creates difficulty in using routine surgical procedures, especially in elderly and severely debilitated patients. We present three cases that typify this situation and illustrate marked resolution of debilitating myelopathy through total posterior fusion of the cervical spine usually incorporating the occiput.

Author List

Cusick JF, Steiner RE, Berns T

Author

Joseph F. Cusick MD Adjunct Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Aged
Bone Wires
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Myelography
Neck
Orthopedic Fixation Devices
Ribs
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Osteophytosis