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Cervical Myelopathy by OPLL / C4 & C5 Corpectomy and anterior posterior Reconstruction of Alignment

Updated: Oct 16, 2023

𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝑶𝑷𝑳𝑳 ( 𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 )𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒓

𝑶𝑷𝑳𝑳 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑫𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 ( 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 , 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔) 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔.

𝑶𝑷𝑳𝑳 -𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆.

𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 , 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒖𝒓𝒂










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Cervical Myelopathy by OPLL

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