Direct anterior decompression in patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament significantly relieves short-segment spinal cord high signal
In patients with OPLL who present with spinal cord high signal, anterior surgery by resection of the ossified posterior longitudinal ligament and direct decompression is more conducive to regression of small spinal cord high signal and improvement of clinical neurological function if the extent of spinal cord high signal is small.
Authors
- Aochen Xu
- Baifeng Sun
- Qi Min (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-0160)
- Yang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5636-030X)
- Chen Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8068-2109)
- Xuhong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7563-9915)
- Hanlin Song
- Zichuan Wu
Institutions
- Shanghai Changzheng Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-024-07991-0
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China