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24.08.2017 | Case Report

Recurrence of ossification of ligamentum flavum at the same intervertebral level in the thoracic spine: a report of two cases and review of the literature

verfasst von: Haruo Kanno, Tadahisa Takahashi, Toshimi Aizawa, Ko Hashimoto, Eiji Itoi, Hiroshi Ozawa

Erschienen in: European Spine Journal | Sonderheft 3/2018

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Abstract

Purpose

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is a possible cause of thoracic myelopathy. We report two rare cases with recurrent thoracic myelopathy caused by OLF markedly re-extended at the same intervertebral level after the primary surgery.

Methods

Both patients had thoracic myelopathy caused by OLF and underwent decompressive laminectomy and resection of the OLF in the primary surgery. However, the neurological conditions gradually deteriorated following recovery after the primary surgery due to the recurrent OLF at the same intervertebral level.

Results

These patients were successfully treated by revision surgery via resection of the recurrent OLF and posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation. Two years after the second surgery, the neurological disturbance was resolved satisfactorily, and re-growth of the resected ossified lesion was not observed.

Conclusions

The recurrence of OLF following resection of the ossified lesions is exceedingly rare but should be noted in patients treated surgically for thoracic myelopathy due to OLF.
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Metadaten
Titel
Recurrence of ossification of ligamentum flavum at the same intervertebral level in the thoracic spine: a report of two cases and review of the literature
verfasst von
Haruo Kanno
Tadahisa Takahashi
Toshimi Aizawa
Ko Hashimoto
Eiji Itoi
Hiroshi Ozawa
Publikationsdatum
24.08.2017
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
European Spine Journal / Ausgabe Sonderheft 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5281-6

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