Diagnosis and surgical management of cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Spine Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 436-449

  Epstein, Nancy ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Northwell Health   (United States)

^c Long Island Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior posterior surgery; Circumferential ossification; Posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CONVALESCENCE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYELOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0642347990     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00394-7     Document Type: Review

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