| Literature DB >> 12466864 |
Sung Soo Chung1, Chong Suh Lee, Kwang Hoon Chung.
Abstract
We studied the outcome of expansive laminoplasty in 37 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Patients were divided into two groups according to the recovery rate (RR) - a 'good' group ( n=19), and a 'fair' group ( n=18). Patients in the good group showed a greater pre-operative Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score, a greater compression ratio, and a larger Pavlov ratio ( P<0.05). The presence of high signal intensity on MRI proved to be of no prognostic importance.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12466864 PMCID: PMC3620971 DOI: 10.1007/s00264-002-0372-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Orthop ISSN: 0341-2695 Impact factor: 3.075