How does the ossification area of the posterior longitudinal ligament thicken following cervical laminoplasty?

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Hori, Takeshi ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoshiharu ^a   Kimura, Tomoatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical laminoplasty; Long term follow up; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Thickening of ossification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548382066     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31814614f3     Document Type: Article

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