Spinal canal size in ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 286-291

  Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Imamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Fujimoto, Shin ^c   Hida, Kazutoshi ^d   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^d   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Neurosurgical Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT scan; developmental spinal canal stenosis; Ossification; posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 4644301825     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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