Postoperative K-line conversion from negative to positive is independently associated with a better surgical outcome after posterior decompression with instrumented fusion for K-line negative cervical ossification of the posterior ligament.
Masao KodaTakeo FuruyaJunya SaitoYasushi IjimaMitsuhiro KitamuraSeiji OhtoriSumihisa OritaKazuhide InageTetsuya AbeHiroshi NoguchiToru FunayamaHiroshi KumagaiKosei MiuraKatsuya NagashimaMasashi YamazakiPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2018)
Postoperative K-line conversion from (-) to (+) is a factor independently associated with a better surgical outcome. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary material.
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