Myelopathy secondary to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the thoracic spine treated by anterior decompression and bony fusion

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 777-784

  Fujimura, Y ^a   Nishi, Y ^a   Nakamura, M ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Matsumoto, M ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior decompression and bony fusion; Extrapleural approach; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL); Thoracic myelopathy; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030725225     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100487     Document Type: Article

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