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Acute Swan-Neck Deformity and Spinal Cord Compression after Cervical Laminectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Ralph Rahme ,
Ghassan Boubez ,
Alain Bouthillier  and
Robert Moumdjian
Ralph Rahme
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ghassan Boubez
Affiliation:
Divisions of Orthopedics, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alain Bouthillier
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Robert Moumdjian*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*
Division of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, 1560 Sherbrooke E, Montreal, Quebec, H2L 4K8, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , July 2009 , pp. 504 - 506
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