Surgery for dural ossification in association with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament via an anterior approach

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-357

  Mizuno, Junichi ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Song, Joonsuk ^a   Matsuo, Naoki ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical approach; Dural ossification; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DURA MATER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NERVE CELL LESION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OSSIFICATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 27344457565     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.16944     Document Type: Article

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