Transient paraparesis after laminectomy for thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament and ossification of the ligamentum flavum

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-134

  Yamazaki, M ^a   Koda, M ^a   Okawa, A ^a   Aiba, A ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laminectomy; Ossification of ligamentum flavum; Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament; Paraparesis; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LOWER LEG; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PARAPARESIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31944439926     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101807     Document Type: Article

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