Pathogenesis and surgical management of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-210

  Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Mizuno, Junichi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anterior approach; cervical spine; ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

BONE REMODELING; CERVICAL SPINE; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0029872602     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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