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Choice of Surgical Procedure for Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

, 2022
In cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), spinal cord compression causes neurologic symptoms [...
Masaaki Machino, Sakai, Kenichiro, Takeo Furuya, Yoshii, Toshitaka, Machino, Masaaki, Furuya, Takeo, Toshitaka Yoshii, Kenichiro Sakai   +7 more
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Conservative Treatment and Surgical Indication of Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

, 2023
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) sometimes causes severe myelopathy and requires surgical treatment [...
Masaaki Machino, Takeo Furuya, Toshitaka Yoshii, Kenichiro Sakai   +3 more
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The microRNA-10a/ID3/RUNX2 axis modulates the development of Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2018
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) presents as pathological heterotopic ossification of the spinal ligaments. However, its underlying molecular mechanism is still unclear.
Xu C, Zhang H, Gu W, Wu H, Chen Y, Zhou W, Sun B, Shen X, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Liu Y, Yuan W.   +11 more
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Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a review

Neurosurgical Focus, 2011
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is most commonly found in men, the elderly, and Asian patients. There are many diseases associated with OPLL, such as diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, ankylosing spondylitis, and other spondyloarthropathies.
Kriangsak, Saetia, Dosang, Cho, Sangkook, Lee, Daniel H, Kim, Sang Don, Kim   +4 more
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Posterior longitudinal ligament ossification: case report [PDF]

, 2006
Posterior longitudinal ligament ossification of cervical spine is a rare condition among caucasians. A 42 years old japanese patient with progressive walking difficulty was diagnosed with this pathology by CT scan and MRI and treated surgically by an ...
Faedo Neto, Atílio [UNIFESP], Oswaldo Inácio de Tella Jr, Tella Jr, Oswaldo Inácio de [UNIFESP], Atílio Faedo Neto, Herculano, Marco Antonio [UNIFESP], Paiva Neto, Manoel Antonio de [UNIFESP], João Francisco Crosera, Crosera, João Francisco [UNIFESP], Manoel Antonio Paiva Neto, Marco Antonio Herculano   +9 more
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Tibiofemoral and patellofemoral joint 3D-kinematics in patients with posterior cruciate ligament deficiency compared to healthy volunteers [PDF]

, 2012
Background: The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) plays an important role in maintaining physiological kinematics and function of the knee joint. To date mainly in-vitro models or combined magnetic resonance and fluoroscopic systems have been used for ...
Ulrich Lenze, Thomas Stein, Pohlig, Florian, Frederic Welsch, Florian Pohlig, Graichen, Heiko, Lenze, Ulrich, Stefan Hinterwimmer, Heiko Graichen, Rainer Burgkart, Burgkart, Rainer, Ruediger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Eisenhart-Rothe, Rüdiger von, Hinterwimmer, Stefan, Stein, Thomas, Welsch, Frederic   +15 more
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Cervical restenosis caused by progressive ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in patients following laminoplasty: Two case reports

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2018
We report two cases of restenosis caused by the progression of thickness of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) seven and more years after laminoplasty, resulting in neurological deterioration needed for revision anterior ...
Masao Koda, Takeo Furuya, Akihiko Okawa, Satoshi Maki, Yasushi Ijima, Junya Saito, Mitsuhiro Kitamura, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Seiji Ohtori, Testuya Abe, Hiroshi Noguchi, Toru Funayama, Kosei Miura, Hiroshi Kumagai, Katsuya Nagashima, Masashi Yamazaki   +16 more
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Diffuse post-traumatic calcification of the anterior longitudinal ligamentum of cervical and dorsal spine

Reumatismo, 2004
Among the different conditions causing flogosis and calcification/ossification of the soft tissues of the spinal cord, single or recurrent traumatic events are included.
C.U. Manzini, V. Spina, M.T. Mascia, R. Magistro, G. Carpenito, C. Ferri   +5 more
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A Functional RNAi Screen for Runx2-Regulated Genes Associated With Ectopic Bone Formation in Human Spinal Ligaments

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2008
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine (OPLL) is characterized by ectopic ossification in the spinal ligaments, which enlarges with time and compresses the spinal cord, resulting in serious neurological symptoms.
Masaki Kishiya, Toshitada Sawada, Kohta Kanemaru, Hitoshi Kudo, Takuya Numasawa, Toru Yokoyama, Sunao Tanaka, Shigeru Motomura, Kazumasa Ueyama, Seiko Harata, Satoshi Toh, Ken-Ichi Furukawa   +11 more
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Non-coding RNAs in ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a kind of disease that involves a variety of factors leading to ectopic bone deposition of the spinal ligament.
Haoran Zhang, Qingyu Zhang, Zenong Yuan, Jun Dong   +3 more
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