Surgical approach to ossification of the thoracic yellow ligament

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 368-372

  Nishiura, I ^a,c   Isozumi, T ^a   Nishihara, K ^a   Handa, H ^a   Koyama, T ^b  

^a TAKEDA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Ohtsu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ijinkai Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ossification; Posterior longitudinal ligament; Three dimensional computed tomography; Yellow ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033118452     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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