| Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament |
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Jung-Hwan Oh, Jisoon Huh |
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Departments of 1Neurology and 2Neurosurgery, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea |
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오정환, 허지순 |
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제주대학교 의학전문대학원 1신경과학교실, 2신경외과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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The most common complaints in patients with OPLL are axial discomforts, which are characterized by dull pain and neck stiffness. Patients with more advanced OPLL develop radiculopathy or compressive myelopathy due to compression of nerve roots or spinal cord. The natural history of the disease is generally chronic static through life, hence prophylactic surgery is rarely recommended. In the OPLL patients with myelopathy, if the symptoms are not serious, the conservative treatment can be considerable. |
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