Diagnosis and surgery of ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament associated with dural ossification in the cervical spine

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1541-1547

  Chen, Yu ^a   Guo, Yongfei ^a   Chen, Deyu ^a   Lu, Xuhua ^a   Wang, Xinwei ^a   Tian, Haijun ^a   Yuan, Wen ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion; Cervcial spine; Dural ossification; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349669503     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1029-2     Document Type: Article

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