Surgical outcome of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of the thoracic spine: Implication of the type of ossification and surgical options

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 492-497

  Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^a   Yoshihara, Hisatake ^a   Tsuji, Taichi ^a   Sakai, Yoshihito ^a   Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^a   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^a   Ito, Keigo ^a   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Surgical treatment; Thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Type of ossification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAK TYPE OSSIFICATION OF THE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FLAT TYPE OSSIFICATION OF THE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSSIFICATION; OSSIFICATION OF THE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644874435     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000155033.63557.9c     Document Type: Article

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