Concomitant Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis and Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A U.S. Database Study of Clinical Prevalence, Surgical Intervention, Patient Characteristics, and Postoperative Complications
Clinical prevalence of DISH in patients with cOPLL in the United States is low; however, cOPLL patients with concomitant DISH underwent surgery more frequently than those without. Despite higher comorbidity burden, cOPLL patients with DISH may have similar short-term postsurgical risk to cOPLL patients without DISH. However, higher nonprocedural neurologic injury in cOPLL patients with DISH may indicate insidious or delayed disease sequelae.
Authors
- Henry Seidel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7364-1365)
- Cody Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6362-5070)
- Audrey Litvak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3376-1575)
- Mostafa H. El Dafrawy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2669-5010)
- D. Woodrow Benson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1134-1973)
- Michael J. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3378-6196)
- Douglas Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2600-7855)
Institutions
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2024.11.089
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00