Does Advanced Age Negatively Impact Treatment Outcomes of Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament? A Prospective Multicenter Study
Despite worse baseline neurological function, elderly OPLL patients achieved similar degrees of postoperative neurological improvement as nonelderly patients. However, upper extremity function is unlikely to show significant improvement following surgery in elderly patients.
Authors
- Atsushi Kimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-2839)
- Takashi Kaito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4882-2997)
- Shiro Imagama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-8575)
- Masashi Yamazaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9293-3531)
- Masao Koda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0982-5386)
- Kazuma Murata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9285-6142)
- Masayuki Miyagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3082-9739)
- Narihito Nagoshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8267-5789)
- Shunsuke Fujibayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-4298)
- Yukitaka Nagamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7993-3959)
- Takeo Furuya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5378-940X)
- Haruo Kanno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1985-2257)
- Katsushi Takeshita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8470-4555)
- Keiichi Katsumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3997-3593)
- Hideaki Nakajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-4954)
- Satoshi Kato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4762-5932)
- Yoshiharu Kawaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7710-6012)
- Tsutomu Endo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2998-2242)
- Hiroaki Nakashima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0039-9678)
- Satoshi Maki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6809-3771)
- Tomohiro Banno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6938-7501)
- Masahiko Takahata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2436-2175)
- Hiroshi Moridaira
- Kenichiro Sakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9317-8323)
- Hiroyuki Katoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-3008)
- Toshitaka Yoshii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-9020)
- Hiroshi Taneichi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-2922)
- Tetsuro Ohba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3411-1692)
- Norihiro Nishida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7754-6579)
- Morio Matsumoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1934-6998)
- Satoru Egawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-3906)
- Takashi Hirai
- Kota Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-4690)
- Kanichiro Wada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1112-5656)
- Yu Matsukura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0014-1068)
- Kei Yamada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8123-3935)
- Kanji Mori
- Masaya Nakamura
- Shunji Tsutsui
- Yasushi Oshima
- Kazuo Kusano
- Kei Ando
Institutions
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- Kurume University (JP)
- University of Fukui (JP)
- Osaka Gakuin University (JP)
- Tokai University (JP)
- Hamamatsu University (JP)
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Jichi Medical University (JP)
- Hirosaki University (JP)
- Tokyo Medical University (JP)
- Chiba University (JP)
- Shiga University of Medical Science (JP)
- Yamaguchi University (JP)
- Wakayama Medical University (JP)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Kawaguchi Junior College (JP)
- Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (JP)
- Keio University Hospital (JP)
- Kudanzaka Hospital (JP)
- University of Yamanashi Hospital (JP)
- Osaka Rosai Hospital (JP)
- Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital (JP)
- Noguchi Hospital (JP)
- Kyoto University Hospital (JP)
- Research Organization of Information and Systems (JP)
- University of Toyama (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
- Kitasato University (JP)
- University of Yamanashi (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Dokkyo Medical University (JP)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-06-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005415
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00