Although the pathogenesis of ossification of the cervical posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL)
has not yet been clarified, it has come to be widely recognized that severe cervical …

Although the operative results have been improving since the air drill was introduced for
cervical laminectomy instead of an ordinary rongeur, post-laminectomy complications, such as …

The patient is placed in a prone position tilting cranially upward at an angle of 30 to minimize
blood loss due to congestion during surgery. The neck is flexed and the nuchal level …

Follow-up at an average time of 7.8 years postoperatively on open-door expansive laminoplasty
[EL] was carried out to determine the long-term results of surgery. Thirty-three patients …

The authors experienced unique cases of spinal cord herniation. Only eight cases of spinal
cord herniation have been reported formerly. The authors report two cases of spinal cord …

Background context: Laminoplasty has been reported to achieve good operative results for
treatment of cervical stenotic myelopathy. However, long-term results and prognostic factors …

Object Although multimodal intraoperative spinal cord monitoring provides greater accuracy,
transcranial electrical stimulation motor evoked potential (TcMEP) monitoring became the …

Surgical treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis in 27 patients by means of anterior
lumbar interbody fusion and in 14 patients by means of posterior decompression yielded …

Study Design. A multicenter cohort study was performed retrospectively. Objective. To identify
radiographic predictors for the development of myelopathy in patients with ossification of …

No clinical diagnostic support tool can help identify patients with LSS. Simple diagnostic tool
may improve the accuracy of the diagnosis of LSS. The aim of this study was to develop a …