A patient with two re-surgeries for delayed myelopathy due to progression of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligaments after cervical laminoplasty

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Tokuhashi, Yasuaki ^a   Ajiro, Yasumitsu ^a   Umezawa, Natsuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical laminoplasty; Long term follow up; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL); Progression of ossification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HYPERTROPHY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64049109201     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818a3135     Document Type: Article

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