Factors affecting prognosis of patients who underwent corpectomy and fusion for treatment of cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: Analysis of 47 patients

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-314

  Choi, Seokmin ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Lee, Ji Young ^a   Choi, Won Gyu ^a   Choi, Won Chul ^a   Choi, Gun ^a   Jung, Byungjoo ^a   Lee, Seung Cheol ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corpectomy; Diabetes mellitus; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBULA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32944458219     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000161236.94894.fc     Document Type: Article

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