OPLL Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yonenobu, Kazuo (Editor), Nakamura, Kozo (Editor), Toyama, Yoshiaki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2006.
• Edition: 2nd Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Rheumatology.; Neurosurgery.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a hyperostotic condition of the spine with severe neurological deficits. In 1975 the Investigation Committee for OPLL, under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare, established diagnostic criteria for the condition, a...