Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery]
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Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi · Dec 2012
[The analysis of prognostic factors in patients with thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum and thoracic ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament by posterior decompression].
To investigate the prognostic factors for patients with thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) and thoracic ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). ⋯ Patients with ossification on the upper section of thoracic have a better prognosis, but the beaked localized longitudinal ligament ossification in patients and associated with preoperative dysfunction show a poor prognosis, combined jumping segmental ossification and cervical or lumbar severe disorders are the influencing factor for poor prognosis.