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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between minor trauma and surgical results of cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), focusing on static compressive and dynamic factors contributing to cord compression plus the type of attendant OPLL. Of the 91 patients treated surgically, 26 had sustained minor trauma (injury group), and the other 65 had no trauma (noninjury group). The pre-/postoperative JOA scores and recovery ratio for the injury group were significantly lower than those for the noninjury group. In the segmental, localized, and mixed types, which had good ranges of motion of the cervical spine, the recovery ratios of the injury group were significantly lower than those of the noninjury group. In the continuous type, which had a poor range of motion and severe spinal cord compression, there was no significant difference in the recovery ratio between the injury and noninjury groups. Thus, dynamic factors may play an important role in neurologic deterioration after minor trauma in patients with segmental, mixed, and localized cervical OPLL.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0895-0385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of minor trauma on surgical results in patients with cervical OPLL.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study