title: Cervical spinal cord injury associated with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
abstract: Among 231 patients with cervical injuries treated over 12 years, 15 had cervical spinal cord injury associated with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. All of them were male and most had injuries due to a relatively weak external force. Four of them underwent surgery. There was little difference in improvement of paralysis between the conservatively and the surgically treated group.
authors.affiliation: Critical Care and Emergency Center, Iwata Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakae
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takakuwa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoshi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017887:Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy