Acute cervical spinal cord injury complicated by preexisting ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: A multicenter study

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1453-1458

  Chikuda, Hirotaka ^a   Seichi, Atsushi ^b   Takeshita, Katsushi ^a   Matsunaga, Shunji ^c   Watanabe, Masahiko ^d   Nakagawa, Yukihiro ^e   Oshima, Kazuya ^f   Sasao, Yutaka ^g   Tokuhashi, Yasuaki ^h   Nakahara, Shinnosuke ⁱ   Endo, Kenji ^j   Uchida, Kenzo ^k   Takahata, Masahiko ^l   Yokoyama, Toru ^m   Yamada, Kei ⁿ   Nohara, Yutaka ^o   Imagama, Shiro ^p   Hosoe, Hideo ^q   Ohtsu, Hiroshi ^r   Kawaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^s   Nakamura, Kozo ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Imakiire General Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^j TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^l HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^m HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^q GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^s KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

canal stenosis; myelopathy; ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; patient awareness; spinal cord injury; surgery; trauma; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051787887     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f49718     Document Type: Review

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