Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10175330 | Journal of Orthopaedic Science | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Elderly CSM patients with cranial lesions have a decreased %VC and high risk of perioperative cardiopulmonary complications. Therefore, detailed perioperative workup and timely decompression should be performed to avoid progression toward fixed neurological deficits and cardiopulmonary dysfunction whether or not they result from myelopathy itself.
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Authors
Go Yoshida, Toshiki Iwase, Tokumi Kanemura, Yoshimoto Ishikawa, Yoshihito Sakai, Naoki Ishiguro, Yukihiro Matsuyama,