Thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum: Clinical features and surgical results in the Japanese population

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 514-519

  Aizawa, Toshimi ^a   Sato, Tetsuro ^a   Sasaki, Hirotoshi ^a   Kusakabe, Takashi ^a   Morozumi, Naoki ^a   Kokubun, Shoichi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ligamentum flavum; Myelopathy; Ossification; Surgical outcome; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JAPANESE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548289292     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.6.514     Document Type: Article

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