Surgical treatment for cervical myelopathy with calcification of the ligamentum flavum.
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Ossified Ligamentum Flavum causing Cervical Myelopathy
Ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) causing compressive cervical myelopathy or radiculopathy is rare. A 50-year-old male was admitted for progressive hypesthesia and paresthesia of both hands and a gradually worsening gait. MRI and CT scans demonstrated ossification of the left ligamentum flavum with dural sac and cord compression at the C5-6 level. The ossified ligamentum flavum was re...
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1Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India 2Department of Neurosurgery, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 3Department of Neurosurgery, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 4Department of Anesthesiology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 5Department of Anaesthesiology, HIMS, Joll...
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OBJECTIVE To report the outcomes of a posterior hybrid decompression protocol for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) associated with hypertrophic ligamentum flavum (HLF). BACKGROUND Laminoplasty is widely used in patients with CSM; however, for CSM patients with HLF, traditional laminoplasty does not include resection of a pathological ligamentum flavum. METHODS This stu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.50.26