Several pathologies cause delayed postoperative paralysis following posterior decompression and spinal fusion for thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

J Orthop Sci. 2022 May;27(3):725-733. doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2019.08.004. Epub 2019 Sep 12.

Authors

Toshimitsu Eto¹, Toshimi Aizawa², Haruo Kanno¹, Ko Hashimoto¹, Eiji Itoi¹, Hiroshi Ozawa³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: toshi-7@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University School of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 31522904
DOI: 10.1016/j.jos.2019.08.004

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Decompression, Surgical / adverse effects
Humans
Longitudinal Ligaments
Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament* / complications
Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament* / diagnostic imaging
Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament* / surgery
Osteogenesis
Paralysis / etiology
Paralysis / surgery
Spinal Cord Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Cord Diseases* / etiology
Spinal Cord Diseases* / surgery
Spinal Diseases* / surgery
Spinal Fusion* / adverse effects
Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology
Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery
Treatment Outcome