Impact of postoperative C5 palsy on quality of life in patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a prospective study
While postoperative C5 palsy continues to affect motor and upper extremity function beyond 1 year, QOL scores were not significantly lower in the C5 palsy group. However, the impact on QOL in patients with residual C5 palsy may continue to slightly improve over time.
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/0000-0003-2865-3655)
- 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)
- Bungo Otsuki
- Keiichi Katsumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3997-3593)
- Hideaki Nakajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-4954)
- Toshitaka Yoshii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-9020)
- 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)
- Sadayuki Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8806-2473)
- 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)
- 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)
- Satoru Egawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-3906)
- Takashi Hirai
- Naoki Segi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-2422)
- 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
Institutions
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- Kurume University (JP)
- University of Fukui (JP)
- Tokai 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)
- Nagoya University Hospital (JP)
- Kudanzaka Hospital (JP)
- University of Tokyo Hospital (JP)
- Osaka Rosai Hospital (JP)
- Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital (JP)
- Noguchi Hospital (JP)
- The Orthopaedic Institute (US)
- University of Toyama (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
- Kitasato University (JP)
- University of Yamanashi (JP)
- Dokkyo Medical University (JP)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.6.spine25368
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00