Surgical outcome and prognostic factors of anterior decompression and fusion for cervical compressive myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.

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Anterior decompression and fusion (ADF) for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is technically demanding and associated with complications. Although various factors affecting clinical outcome have been investigated in posterior decompression, prognostic factors of ADF remain unclear.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Spine J

Title: The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1878-1632

ISSN (Print): 1529-9430

Publication date (Electronic): May 01 2015

Volume: 15

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, 134 Shinchon-dong Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.

[2 ] Department of Neurosurgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 25-2, Sungkyunkwan-ro, Seoul, Seoul 110-745, Korea.

[3 ] Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, 134 Shinchon-dong Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea; Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Seoul 120-749, Korea. Electronic address: ayoon@yuhs.ac.

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Publisher Item ID: S1529-9430(15)00077-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.01.028

PubMed ID: 25637468

SO-VID: 4d34fe83-c63d-46ef-b9b6-877775dbaf1a

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Keywords: Anterior decompression and fusion,Cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament,Compressive myelopathy,Laminoplasty,Magnetic resonance imaging,Prognostic factors

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Keywords: Anterior decompression and fusion, Cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, Compressive myelopathy, Laminoplasty, Magnetic resonance imaging, Prognostic factors

Surgical outcome and prognostic factors of anterior decompression and fusion for cervical compressive myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.

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