Predictive factors for acute exacerbation of cervical compression myelopathy

J Clin Neurosci. 2018 Feb:48:160-162. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.10.054. Epub 2017 Nov 1.

Authors

Toshiya Tachibana¹, Keishi Maruo², Fumihiro Arizumi², Kazuki Kusuyama², Kazuya Kishima², Shinichi Yoshiya²

Affiliations

¹ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan. Electronic address: tachi@hyo-med.ac.jp.
² Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan.

PMID: 29102447
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.10.054

No abstract available

Keywords: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Compression myelopathy.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
Female
Humans
Male
Spinal Cord Compression / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Compression / epidemiology
Spinal Osteophytosis / diagnosis*
Spinal Osteophytosis / epidemiology