Clinical characteristics and surgical outcome of the symptomatic ossification of ligamentum flavum at the thoracic level with combined lumbar spinal stenosis

Sato T(1998)Thoracic myelopathy in the Japanese: epidemiological and clinical observations on the cases in Miyagi prefecture Tohoku J Exp Med 184 1-11

Kokubun S(2006)Thoracicmyelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum: clinical features and surgical results in the Japanese population J Neurosurg Spine 5 514-519

Tanaka Y(2001)Clinical analysis and prognostic study of ossified ligamentum flavum of the thoracic spine J Neurosurg 94 221-226

Ishii Y(2007)Patients with “Lumbar Stenosis” and unrecognized distal thoracic cord compression Spinal Surg 21 101-104

Aizawa T(2006)Contributing factors affecting the prognosis surgical outcome for thoracic OLF Eur Spine J 15 485-491

Sato T(1999)The stenosis ratio: a new tool for the diagnosis of degenerative spinal stenosis Int J Surg Investig 1 127-131

Sasaki H(1994)Japanese Orthopaedic Association scoring system for cervical myelopathy J Jpn Orthop Assoc 68 490-503

Kusakabe T(2001)Surgical treatment of thoracic spinal stenosis: a 2- to 9-year follow-up Spine 26 558-566

Morozumi N(1973)The double crush in nerve entrapment syndromes Lancet 2 359-362

Kokubun S(1987)An experimental study on the “double crush” hypothesis J Hand Surg Am 12 552-559

Sato T(1998)Thoracic myelopathy in the Japanese: epidemiological and clinical observations on the cases in Miyagi prefecture Tohoku J Exp Med 184 1-11

Kokubun S(2006)Thoracicmyelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum: clinical features and surgical results in the Japanese population J Neurosurg Spine 5 514-519

Tanaka Y(2001)Clinical analysis and prognostic study of ossified ligamentum flavum of the thoracic spine J Neurosurg 94 221-226

Ishii Y(2007)Patients with “Lumbar Stenosis” and unrecognized distal thoracic cord compression Spinal Surg 21 101-104

Aizawa T(2006)Contributing factors affecting the prognosis surgical outcome for thoracic OLF Eur Spine J 15 485-491

Sato T(1999)The stenosis ratio: a new tool for the diagnosis of degenerative spinal stenosis Int J Surg Investig 1 127-131

Sasaki H(1994)Japanese Orthopaedic Association scoring system for cervical myelopathy J Jpn Orthop Assoc 68 490-503

Kusakabe T(2001)Surgical treatment of thoracic spinal stenosis: a 2- to 9-year follow-up Spine 26 558-566

Morozumi N(1973)The double crush in nerve entrapment syndromes Lancet 2 359-362

Kokubun S(1987)An experimental study on the “double crush” hypothesis J Hand Surg Am 12 552-559