Clinical results of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of the thoracic spine treated by anterior decompression

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-119

  Min, Jun Hong ^a   Jang, Jee Soo ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior decompression; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL); Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENOSIS; SYMPTOM; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949111889     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318060091a     Document Type: Article

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