Surgical outcome and prognostic factors of anterior decompression and fusion for cervical compressive myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament - Kim, Byeongwoo; Yoon, Do Heum; Shin, Hyun Chul; Kim, Keung Nyun; Yi, Seong; Shin, Dong Ah; Ha, Yoon (The spine journal, 2015)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Anterior decompression and fusion; Cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Cervical Vertebrae - surgery; Compressive myelopathy; Decompression, Surgical - adverse effects; Female; Humans; Laminoplasty; Laminoplasty - adverse effects; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Orthopedics; Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament - surgery; Prognosis; Prognostic factors; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Cord Diseases - surgery; Spinal Fusion - adverse effects; Treatment Outcome; Anterior decompression and fusion; Laminoplasty; Compressive myelopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Prognostic factors