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Prospective Investigation of Surgical Outcomes after Anterior Decompression with Fusion and Laminoplasty for the Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022
The ideal surgical strategy for cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) remains controversial due to the lack of high-quality evidence.
T. Yoshii, Shingo Morishita, Satoru Egawa, Kenichiro Sakai, Kazuo Kusano, S. Tsutsui, T. Hirai, Yu Matsukura, Kanichiro Wada, K. Katsumi, M. Koda, Atsushi Kimura, T. Furuya, S. Maki, Narihito Nagoshi, N. Nishida, Y. Nagamoto, Y. Oshima, K. Ando, H. Nakashima, M. Takahata, K. Mori, H. Nakajima, Kazuma Murata, M. Miyagi, T. Kaito, Kei Yamada, T. Banno, S. Kato, Tetsuro Ohba, S. Inami, S. Fujibayashi, H. Katoh, H. Kanno, H. Taneichi, S. Imagama, Y. Kawaguchi, K. Takeshita, M. Matsumoto, M. Yamazaki, A. Okawa   +40 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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Prevalence of Cervical and Thoracic Spinal Disease: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique, 2023
Objective This study aimed to comprehensively assess the prevalence and distribution of degenerative cervical and thoracic diseases with compression of the spinal cord, such as disc herniation (TDH) or hypertrophied ligamentum flavum causing stenosis, by
Chang-Il Ju, Seok-won Kim, Pius Kim, Seung-Myung Lee   +3 more
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Combined Anterior and Posterior Decompression With Fusion for Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
Objective: Cervical myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is not uncommon among Asian ethnic groups. Despite reports comparing the pros and cons of anterior- and posterior-only approaches, the optimal management ...
Chao-Hung Kuo, Yi-Hsuan Kuo, Chih-Chang Chang, Hsuan-Kan Chang, Li-Yu Fay, Jau-Ching Wu, Wen-Cheng Huang, Henrich Cheng, Tsung-Hsi Tu   +8 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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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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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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GENETIC STUDY ON OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT

, 1986
Family studies and blood grouping tests were conducted in an attempt to elucidate the etiology and genetic mechanism of ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine (OPLL). Analysis of the collected date revealed the following results: (1)
Etsuo, TANIKAWA, Hachiro, NAKAJIMA, Kohtaro, FURUYA   +2 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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Sorafenib inhibits ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament by blocking LOXL2-mediated vascularization

Bone Research
Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) is a degenerative hyperostosis disease characterized by the transformation of the soft and elastic vertebral ligament into bone, resulting in limited spinal mobility and nerve compression ...
Longqing Wang, Wenhao Jiang, Siyuan Zhao, Dong Xie, Qing Chen, Qi Zhao, Hao Wu, Jian Luo, Lili Yang   +8 more
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