Ossified posterior longitudinal ligament: management strategies and outcomes

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Mizuno, Junichi ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Laminoplasty; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL); Preoperative

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LAMINECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750632431     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.05.009     Document Type: Review

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