Neurosurgery
Data from Good Samaritan Hospital Advance Knowledge in Neurosurgery
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, May 1st, 2011
2011 MAY 1 -- Researchers detail in 'Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: pathogenesis, management, and current surgical approaches. A review,' new data in Neurosurgery. "Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is an important cause of cervical myelopathy that results from bony ossification of the cervical or thoracic posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL). It has been estimated that nearly 25% of patients with cervical myelopathy will have features of OPLL," researchers in Los Angeles, United States report.
"Patients commonly present in their mid-40s or 50s with clinical evidence of myelopathy. On MR and CT imaging, this...
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