Five-year follow-up evaluation of surgical treatment for cervical myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: A prospective comparative study of anterior decompression and fusion with floating method versus laminoplasty

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 367-376

  Sakai, Kenichiro ^a   Okawa, Atsushi ^a   Takahashi, Makoto ^a   Arai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Kawabata, Shigenori ^a   Enomoto, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kato, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirai, Takashi ^a   Shinomiya, Kenichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior decompression and fusion; anterior floating method; laminoplasty; ossifi cation of the posterior longitudinal ligament; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR DECOMPRESSION AND FUSION WITH FLOATING METHOD; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 84857916488     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31821f4a51     Document Type: Article

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