title: Spinal cord herniation after multilevel anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine.
abstract: The authors report the case of a 52-year-old man who had undergone resection of an ossified posterior longitudinal ligament via the anterior approach. The patient experienced postoperative neurological deterioration that may have been caused by a massive cord herniation associated with a dural defect at the corpectomy site. Spinal cord herniation may develop as a complication of anterior cervical decompression. Surgeons should be alert to this condition when planning to treat cervical ossification of the ossified posterior longitudinal ligament via the anterior approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul Wooridul Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. apuzo@naver.com
authors.forename: Jun-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Byung-Joo
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Jee-Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Seok-Kang
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae-Jin
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Sang-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee