Postoperative recovery course, but not preoperative factors and operative kyphosis correction can predict final neurological outcome of posterior decompression with instrumented surgery for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the thoracic spine

J Clin Neurosci. 2018 Jul:53:85-88. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.04.032. Epub 2018 Apr 19.

¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Electronic address: masaokod@md.tsukuba.ac.jp.
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.

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Keywords: Clinical outcome; Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Posterior surgery; Thoracic spine.