A retrospective imaging study of surgical outcomes and range of motion in patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.

Shunsuke KanbaraShiro ImagamaKeigo ItoKenyu ItoNaoki IshiguroFumihiko Kato

Published 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 (2017)

K line (+) patients exhibited sufficient neurological improvement after laminoplasty. However, even patients in this group had a low JOA score recovery rate if the postoperative flexion value was >0 and the 1-year postoperative increased signal intensity grade was 2 or 3.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
mass spectrometry
patient reported outcomes
cross sectional
high intensity