Prevalence and Distribution of Ossified Lesions in the Whole Spine of Patients with Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament A Multicenter Study (JOSL CT study).

Prevalence and Distribution of Ossified Lesions in the Whole Spine of Patients with Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament A Multicenter Study (JOSL CT study).

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) can cause severe and irreversible paralysis in not only the cervical spine but also the thoracolumbar spine. To date, however, the prevalence and distribution of OPLL in the whole spine has not been precisely evaluated in patients with cervi...

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Main Authors: Takashi Hirai, Toshitaka Yoshii, Akio Iwanami, Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Kanji Mori, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Kanichiro Wada, Masao Koda, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Katsushi Takeshita, Masahiko Abematsu, Hirotaka Haro, Masahiko Watanabe, Kei Watanabe, Hiroshi Ozawa, Haruo Kanno, Shiro Imagama, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Masashi Yamazaki, Morio Matsumoto, Masaya Nakamura, Atsushi Okawa, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4993375?pdf=render

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