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Longitudinal Ligaments

Known as: Ligaments, Longitudinal, Ligament, Longitudinal, Longitudinal Ligament 
Two extensive fibrous bands running the length of the vertebral column. The anterior longitudinal ligament (ligamentum longitudinale anterius… 
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Anterior longitudinal ligament structurePosterior longitudinal ligament structure
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Surgical Results and Related Factors for Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Thoracic Spine: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study
Study Design. Retrospective multi-institutional study Objective. To describe the surgical outcomes in patients with ossification… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
An Analysis of Factors Causing Poor Surgical Outcome in Patients With Cervical Myelopathy Due to Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Anterior Decompression With Spinal Fusion Versus…
Objective We compared the surgical outcome of anterior decompression with spinal fusion (ASF) with the surgical outcome of… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Genomewide linkage and linkage disequilibrium analyses identify COL6A1, on chromosome 21, as the locus for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine.
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of the spine is a subset of "bone-forming" diseases, characterized by… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Pathogenesis of myelopathy in patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
OBJECT The goal of this study was to clarify the pathogenesis of myelopathy in patients with ossification of the posterior… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Long-term results of expansive laminoplasty for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine: more than 10 years follow up.
OBJECT The authors report the long-term (more than 10-year) results of cervical laminoplasty for ossification of the posterior… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Relative Safety of Anterior Microsurgical Decompression Versus Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy With a Massive Ossified Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
Study Design. A retrospective clinical study was conducted. Objective. To investigate the relative safety of anterior… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Mutation in Npps in a mouse model of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine (OPLL) is a common form of human myelopathy caused by a… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Vascular and visceral injuries associated with lumbar disc surgery: medicolegal implications.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine.
"The Japanese disease" or ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine was initially thought to… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
Association of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and calcification and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a common ossifying diathesis in middle-aged and elderly patients characterized… 
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