Multilevel cervical oblique corpectomy in the treatment of ossified posterior longitudinal ligament in the presence of ossified anterior longitudinal ligament

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Chacko, Ari G ^a   Daniel, Roy T ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; Oblique corpectomy; Ossification of anterior longitudinal ligament; Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBLIQUE CORPECTOMY; OSSIFIED ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; OSTEOTOMY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 34548680735     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31814b84fe     Document Type: Article

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