Treatment of cervical OPLL by cervical anterior fusion using autologous vertebral bone grafts

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1549-1555

  Kim, Kyongsong ^a   Isu, Toyohiko ^b   Sugawara, Atsushi ^c   Morimoto, Daijiro ^a   Matsumoto, Ryoji ^b   Isobe, Masanori ^b   Mishina, Masahiro ^a   Kobayashi, Shiro ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^d  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUSHIRO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alignment; Anterior fusion; Cervical spine; OPLL; Williams Isu method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; WILLIAM ISU METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449525224     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0478-z     Document Type: Article

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