Surgical results and related factors for ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament of the thoracic spine: A multi-institutional retrospective study

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1034-1041

  Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Takeshita, Katsushi ^b   Seichi, Atsushi ^b   Nakamura, Kozo ^b   Arimizu, Jun ^c   Fujibayashi, Shunsuke ^d   Hirabayashi, Shigeru ^e   Hirano, Toru ^f   Iwasaki, Motoki ^g   Kaneoka, Kouji ^h   Kawaguchi, Yoshiharu ⁱ   Ijiri, Kosei ^j   Maeda, Takeshi ^k   Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^l   Mikami, Yasuo ^m   Murakami, Hideki ⁿ   Nagashima, Hideki ^o   Nagata, Kensei ^p   Nakahara, Shinnosuke ^q   Nohara, Yutaka ^r   Oka, Shiro ^s   Sakamoto, Keizo ^t   Saruhashi, Yasuo ^u   Sasao, Yutaka ^v   Shimizu, Katsuji ^w   Taguchi, Toshihiko ^x   Takahashi, Makoto ^y   Tanaka, Yasuhisa ^z   Tani, Toshikazu ^aa   Tokuhashi, Yasuaki ^ab   Uchida, Kenzo ^ac   Yamamoto, Kengo ^ad   Yamazaki, Masashi ^ae   Yokoyama, Toru ^af   Yoshida, Munehito ^ag   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   more..

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^j KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁿ KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^r Dokkyo University

^s KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^u SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^v ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^w GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^y TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^z TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^aa KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^ab NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^ad TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ae CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^af HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ag WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament; Spinal instrumentation; Surgical outcome; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERITIS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; ILEUS; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPANESE; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; TIME; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; STERNUM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449109546     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816c913b     Document Type: Article

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