Post-laminectomy kyphosis in patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: Does it cause neurological deterioration?

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 259-264

  Cho, Won Sang ^a   Chung, Chun Kee ^a   Jahng, Tae Ahn ^a   Kim, Hyun Jib ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical; Kyphotic change; Neurological status; Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL); Total laminectomy (TL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 51449119661     PISSN: 12258245     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2008.43.6.259     Document Type: Article

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