Remarkable epidural scar formation compressing the cervical cord after osteoplastic laminoplasty with hydroxyapatite spacer: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 497-501

  Kuraishi, Keita ^a   Hanakita, Junya ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Minami, Manabu ^a   Mori, Masanao ^a   Watanabe, Mizuki ^a  

^a Fujieda Heisei Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Epidural scar formation; Foreign body reaction; Hydroxyapatite; Myelopathy; Osteoplastic laminoplasty

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCAR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEMENTOPLASTY; CICATRIX; DURA MATER; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 80655137824     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.6.SPINE10930     Document Type: Article

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