title: Atypical vertebral column fracture at the middle of fused area after instrumented posterior decompression and fusion surgery for beak type thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan. Electronic address: imagama@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
authors: Shiro
authors: S
authors: Imagama
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Kei
authors: K
authors: Ando
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Kazuyoshi
authors: K
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Tetsuro
authors: T
authors: Hida
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Kenyu
authors: K
authors: Ito
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Mikito
authors: M
authors: Tsushima
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Yoshimoto
authors: Y
authors: Ishikawa
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Akiyuki
authors: A
authors: Matsumoto
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Nishida
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Naoki
authors: N
authors: Ishiguro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017887:Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*