Surgery-related predictable risk factors influencing postoperative clinical outcomes for thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a multicenter retrospective study.

CONCLUSIONS: It is important to identify preventable risk factors for poor surgical outcomes for T-OPLL. The findings of the present study suggest that intraoperative CSF leakage and a lower number of instrumented spinal fusion levels than decompression levels were exacerbating factors for the neurological improvement in T-OPLL surgery. PMID: 31881534 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - December 26, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Saiwai H, Okada S, Hayashida M, Harimaya K, Matsumoto Y, Kawaguchi KI, Kobayakawa K, Maeda T, Ohta H, Shirasawa K, Tsuchiya K, Terada K, Kaji K, Arizono T, Saito T, Fujiwara M, Iwamoto Y, Nakashima Y Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research