Postoperative changes in spinal cord signal intensity in patients with cervical compression myelopathy: comparison between preoperative and postoperative magnetic resonance images.

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Published in J Neurosurg Spine on June 01, 2008

Authors

Yasutsugu Yukawa1, Fumihiko Kato, Keigo Ito, Yumiko Horie, Tetsurou Hida, Masaaki Machino, Zen-Ya Ito, Yukihiro Matsuyama

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chubu Rosai Hospital, Japan. yukawa.ort@chubuh.rofuku.go.jp

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