Does ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament affect the neurological outcome after traumatic cervical cord injury?

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1148-1152

  Okada, Seiji ^a   Maeda, Takeshi ^b   Ohkawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Harimaya, Katsumi ^a   Saiwai, Hirokazu ^a   Kumamaru, Hiromi ^a   Matsumoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Doi, Toshio ^a   Ueta, Takayoshi ^b   Shiba, Keiichiro ^b   Iwamoto, Yukihide ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SPINAL INJURIES CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cervical cord injury; Canal stenosis; Motor function recovery; Ossification of the longitudinal ligament; Spinal cord injury without radiological evidence of trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OSSIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650318977     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819e3215     Document Type: Article

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