Cervical intradural disc herniation after spinal manipulation therapy in a patient with ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament: A case report and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Hsieh, Jung Hao ^a   Wu, Chieh Tsai ^a   Lee, Shih Tseng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brown Sequard syndrome; Cervical intradural disc herniation; Occification of posterior longitudinal ligament; Spinal manipulation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFIED POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649310160     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bee8a7     Document Type: Article

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