Posterior Decompression with Instrumented Fusion by Posterior Approach for Extensive Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Report of Two Cases
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Treatment for thoracic ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament with posterior circumferential decompression: complications and managements
BACKGROUND The complications and corresponding managements for patients with thoracic ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (TOPLL) who were treated with posterior circumferential decompression have not been systematically summarized yet. METHODS Twenty-one patients with TOPLL who received posterior circumferential decompression between February 2010 and December 2014 were retrospec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.60.28