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KMID : 0388720070140010052
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Journal of Korean Society of Spine Surgery
2007 Volume.14 No. 1 p.52 ~ p.56
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Fracture of Ossification of the Yellow Ligament Causing Thoracic Myelopathy - A Case Report -
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Ha Kee-Yong
Kim Young-Hoon
Jee Won-Hee
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Abstract
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Ossification of the yellow ligament (OYL) is a rare disease that causes myeloradiculopathy at the thoracic spine. The advances in radiographic imaging techniques have made a diagnosis of this pathological entity relatively simple. Surgical decompression and excision of the OYL is the treatment of choice if there are neurological complications from the OYL. We describe a 50-yearold male with thoracic myelopathy caused by a fractured OYL at T10-11, and suggest possible mechanism of the fracture of the OYL at the thoracolumbar spine.
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KEYWORD
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Thoracic Myelopathy, Yellow Ligament, Ossification, Fracture,
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