Spinal cord herniation after multilevel anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-243

  Min, Jun Hong ^a   Jung, Byung Joo ^a   Jang, Jee Soo ^a   Kim, Seok Kang ^a   Jung, Dae Jin ^b   Lee, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Wooridul Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cord herniation; Double layer sign; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD HERNIATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HERNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 65249187681     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.12.SPINE08422     Document Type: Article

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