title: Surgical treatment of lumbar ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Report of two cases and description of surgical technique.
abstract: The authors report two cases of patients with lumbar ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). One patient underwent surgery via the single posterior approach, and the other patient underwent combined anterior-posterior surgery. The authors consider the anterior approach for excision of the ossified lesion to be the most reasonable for treatment of lumbar OPLL. It is extremely important, however, to select the surgical procedure according to the individual patient's condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Murayama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. mutamura@k9.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Mutsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aikawa
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kono
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shioda
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001863:Bone Screws; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome