Using the T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging signal intensity ratio and clinical manifestations to assess the prognosis of patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-323

  Wang, Lin Feng ^a   Zhang, Ying Ze ^a   Shen, Yong ^a   Su, Yan Ling ^a   Xu, Jia Xin ^a   Ding, Wen Yuan ^a   Zhang, Ying Hua ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Prognosis; Signal intensity ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CLONUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956413510     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09887     Document Type: Article

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