Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: Results of anterior cervical decompression and arthrodesis in sixty-one North American patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 610-615

  Belanger, Theodore A ^a,b   Roh, Jeffrey S ^a   Hanks, Stephen E ^a,c   Kang, James D ^a,d   Emery, Sanford E ^a,e   Bohlman, Henry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b ORTHOCAROLINA HIP AND KNEE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTHRODESIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 14644438613     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.C.01711     Document Type: Review

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