Surgical strategy for cervical myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: Part 1: Clinical results and limitations of laminoplasty

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 647-653

  Iwasaki, Motoki ^a,f   Okuda, Shin'ya ^b   Miyauchi, Akira ^d   Sakaura, Hironobu ^a   Mukai, Yoshihiro ^e   Yonenobu, Kazuo ^c   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Miyauchi Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

^e SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Laminoplasty; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147139968     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000257560.91147.86     Document Type: Article

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