Applying ultrasonic osteotome to treat thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum combined with thoracic disc herniation: A case report

Asian J Surg. 2024 Apr;47(4):1855-1856. doi: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2023.12.163. Epub 2024 Jan 6.

Authors

Yong Kang¹, Yang Yang², Hui Zhang², Xingyong Li³

Affiliations

¹ The First Clinical Medical College of Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Department of Orthopedics, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
² Department of Orthopedics, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
³ Department of Orthopedics, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, China. Electronic address: xingyong1230@163.com.

PMID: 38185562
DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2023.12.163

No abstract available

Keywords: Thoracic disc herniation; Thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum; Ultrasonic osteotome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Intervertebral Disc Displacement* / complications
Intervertebral Disc Displacement* / diagnostic imaging
Intervertebral Disc Displacement* / surgery
Ligamentum Flavum* / diagnostic imaging
Ligamentum Flavum* / surgery
Osteogenesis
Spinal Stenosis*
Ultrasonics