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Table 3 Data on Patients With Ossification of Ligamentum Fluvam

From: Thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of ligamentum flavum of which fluorosis as an etiology factor

case no.

sex & age

DPS & group

JOA score

levels & segment number of OLF

levels & number of decompression

recovery rate %

   

pre-operation

follow up

   
   

LEM

TS

LES

SD

Total

LEM

TS

LES

SD

total

   

1

M, 42

15m(2)

2

2

0

1

5

4

2

1

2

9

T12–L1 (1)

T12–L1 (2)

67

2

M,62

3d(1)

3

2

1

3

9

4

2

1

3

10

T12–L1 (1)

T12–L1 (2)

50

3

F, 46

32m(2)

3

1

1

2

7

4

2

1

3

10

T12–L1 (1)

T12–L1 (2)

75

4

M,54

12m(2)

4

1

1

3

9

4

2

2

3

11

C7–T1(1)

C7–T1(2)

100

5

F,64

4y(2)

2

1

1

2

6

4

2

1

3

10

T1–4(3)

T1–4(4)

80

6

M,51

5y(3)

1

1

0

2

4

3

2

1

3

9

T3–5(2)

T3–5(3)

71

7

M,42

2d(1)

1

1

0

1

3

2

2

1

2

7

T7–12(5)

T7–12(6)

50

8

M,65

7y(3)

1

1

1

1

4

3

1

1

1

6

T8–L1(5)

T8–T12(5)

29

9

M,55

11y(3)

2

1

1

3

7

2

2

1

3

8

T7–L1(5)

T8–L1(6)

25

10

F,56

15m(2)

2

1

1

2

6

3

2

1

2

8

T9–L1(4)

T10–L1(4)

40

11

M,59

1d(1)

2

1

0

1

4

2

1

0

1

4

T9–L1(4)

T9–L1(5)

0

12

M,45

6m(2)

4

2

1

3

10

4

2

2

3

11

T10–L1(3)

T10–L1(4)

100

13

F,50

5y(3)

2

2

1

1

6

3

2

1

2

8

T10–L1(3)

T10–L1(4)

40

14*

M,62

1d(1)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

T10–L1(3)

T10–L1(4)

0

15

M,50

18m(2)

2

2

1

3

8

4

2

2

3

11

T10–L1(3)

T10–L1(4)

100

16*

F,48

5y(3)

2

1

1

2

6

2

1

1

2

6

T10–L1(3)

T10–L1(4)

0

17

M,54

1d(1)

0

1

0

1

2

0

1

0

2

3

T3–7

 

11

             

T10–L1(4+3)

T10–L1(4)

 

18

M,59

8y(3)

2

1

1

2

6

4

2

1

2

9

T1–T5

T1–T5(5)

60

             

T9–L1(4+4)

  

19

M,58

7y(3)

1

0

0

1

2

2

1

1

2

6

T1–6

 

44

             

T9–L1(5+4)

T9–L1(5)

 

20

M,56

6d(1)

2

1

1

1

5

3

1

1

2

7

C7–T9(9)

C7–T4(5)

33

21

F,52

7m(2)

2

1

1

2

6

4

2

2

3

11

T8–12(4)

T8–12(5)

100

22

F,72

7y(3)

2

2

1

1

6

4

2

1

2

9

T9–11

T9–11

60

             

L3–S1(2+3)

L3–S1(3+4)

 

23

M,58

4y(2)

1

1

0

2

4

3

2

1

2

8

C3–6

C3–6

57

             

T10–L1(4+3)

T10–L1(4+4)

 
  1. DPS: duration of preoperative symptom. LEM: lower extremity motor; TS: trunk sensory; LES: lower extremity sensory; SD: sphincter dysfunction Paired t test showed that there is significant difference between the JOA score of pre-operation and followed up (P = 0.0001). The mean recover rate is 51.83%. ANOVA analysis of the three groups according to the DPS showed p = 0.0003. Further t test showed that there was significant different between group one and group tow (P = 0.0004). There was significant different between group two and group three (P = 0.003). However, there was no significant different between group one and group three (P = 0.197).