Treatment for the Thoracic Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament and Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum

J Clin Med. 2022 Aug 11;11(16):4690. doi: 10.3390/jcm11164690.

¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumaicho, Showa Ward, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital, 5-11-5 Nishikawaguchi, Kawaguchishi 332-8558, Japan.
³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
⁴ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo Ward, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.

Abstract

The T-OPLL natural course has not been extensively reported, and evidence to support the timing of surgery is also lacking [...].

This research received no external funding.