TY - JOUR
T1 - Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy Indications, Technique, and Outcomes
AU - Dodwad, Shah Jahan M.
AU - Dodwad, Shah Nawaz M.
AU - Prasarn, Mark L.
AU - Savage, Jason W.
AU - Patel, Alpesh A.
AU - Hsu, Wellington K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Cervical radiculopathy presents with upper extremity pain, decreased sensation, and decreased strength caused by irritation of specific nerve root(s). After failure of conservative management, surgical options include anterior cervical decompression and fusion, disk arthroplasty, and posterior cervical foraminotomy. In this review, we discuss indications, techniques, and outcomes of posterior cervical laminoforaminotomy.
AB - Cervical radiculopathy presents with upper extremity pain, decreased sensation, and decreased strength caused by irritation of specific nerve root(s). After failure of conservative management, surgical options include anterior cervical decompression and fusion, disk arthroplasty, and posterior cervical foraminotomy. In this review, we discuss indications, techniques, and outcomes of posterior cervical laminoforaminotomy.
KW - cervical radiculopathy
KW - clinical outcomes
KW - minimally invasive surgery
KW - posterior cervical foraminotomy
KW - posterior cervical laminoforaminotomy
KW - surgical technique
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U2 - 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000385
DO - 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000385
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27135619
AN - SCOPUS:84991738367
SN - 2380-0186
VL - 29
SP - 177
EP - 185
JO - Clinical Spine Surgery
JF - Clinical Spine Surgery
IS - 5
ER -