Staged spinal cord decompression through posterior approach for thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1623-1630

  Tsuzuki, Nobuyuki ^a   Hirabayashi, Shigeru ^a   Abe, Ryoji ^a   Saiki, Kunio ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myelopathy; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Posterior decompression; Thoracic spinal cord; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DUROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035879212     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200107150-00025     Document Type: Article

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