Motonori Hashimoto, Takashi Hirai, Kenichiro Sakai, Kentaro Yamada, Kentaro Sakaeda, Jun Hashimoto, Satoru Egawa, Shingo Morishita, Yu Matsukura, Hiroyuki Inose, Yutaka Kobayashi, Hiroaki Onuma, Kyohei Sakaki, Masaki Tomori, Ichiro Torigoe, Miharu Ochi, Hiroki Ishiguro, Satoshi Tamura, Shuta Ushio, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Norihiko Miyake, Kazuo Kusano, Kazuyuki Otani, Shigeo Shindo, Yoshiyasu Arai, Atsushi Okawa, Toshitaka Yoshii
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVES: To compare the frequency of complications and outcomes between patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of the cervical spine and those with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) who underwent anterior surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Anterior cervical spine surgery for OPLL is an effective surgical procedure; however, it is complex and technically demanding compared with the procedure for CSM...
April 19, 2024: Clinical Spine Surgery