Surgery for thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-116

  Hirabayashi, Hiroki ^a   Ebara, Sohei ^a   Takahashi, Jun ^a   Narasaki, Katsumi ^a   Takahara, Kenji ^a   Murakami, Gyo ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coexistent spinal lesion; Ossification of the ligamentum flavum; Surgical treatment; Thoracic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38749114614     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.01.045     Document Type: Article

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