Thoracic ligament ossification in patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligaments: Tandem ossification in the cervical and thoracic spine

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Park, Jeong Yoon ^a   Chin, Dong Kyu ^a   Kim, Keun Su ^a   Cho, Yong Eun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Tandem ossification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TANDEM OSSIFICATION; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX SURGERY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; REOPERATION; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46749140293     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318175c276     Document Type: Article

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