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Data from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Advance Knowledge in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, March 11th, 2012

2012 MAR 11 -- New research, "Clinical analysis of thoracic ossified ligamentum flavum without ventral compressive lesion," is the subject of a report. "The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of thoracic ossified ligamentum flavum (OLF) and to elucidate prognostic factors as well as effective surgical treatment modality. The authors analyzed 106 thoracic OLF cases retrospectively from January 1999 to December 2008," scientists writing in the European Spine Journal report.

"The operative (n=40) and the non-operative group (n=66) were diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or computed tomography (CT) imaging. We...

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