Effectiveness of posterior decompression for patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the thoracic spine: Usefulness of the ossification-kyphosis angle on MRI

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Tokuhashi, Yasuaki ^a   Matsuzaki, Hiromi ^b   Oda, Hiroshi ^a   Uei, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraoperative ultrasonography; Ossification of thoracic ligament; Posterior decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644801720     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000193940.75354.e5     Document Type: Article

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