Surgical management of cervical myelopathy: indications and techniques for surgical corpectomy

There are a variety of surgical treatments for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). Review the indications and techniques for multilevel cervical corpectomy in the treatment of CSM. Cervical corpectomy is effective and relatively safe for the treatment of a variety of diseases of the cervical spin...

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Published in:	The spine journal Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. S233 - S241
Main Authors:	Medow, Joshua E., Trost, Greg, Sandin, John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-11-2006
Subjects:	Cervical spondylotic myelopathy Cervical Vertebrae - surgery Corpectomy Humans Neurosurgical Procedures - adverse effects Neurosurgical Procedures - methods Spinal Cord Diseases - etiology Spinal Cord Diseases - surgery Spinal Osteophytosis - complications Spinal Osteophytosis - surgery Corpectomy Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
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Summary:	There are a variety of surgical treatments for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). Review the indications and techniques for multilevel cervical corpectomy in the treatment of CSM. Cervical corpectomy is effective and relatively safe for the treatment of a variety of diseases of the cervical spine. Indications, surgical considerations, operative positioning, surgical method, and complications avoidance are discussed as a guide to effectively performing this procedure.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1
ISSN:	1529-9430 1878-1632
DOI:	10.1016/j.spinee.2006.05.007