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Fig. 5

From: Prognostic factors for surgical outcome in spinal cord injury associated with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL)

Fig. 5

A patient with intramedullary signal intensity grade 2. a Preoperative T2-weighted MRI results for a 54-year-old male patient with spinal cord compression at C3-4-5-6-7. Intramedullary high signal intensity (SI), grade 2, was visible at the region of the marked compressed cord. Initial ASIA motor score was 48. b Cervical 3D CT showed mixed type ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). Spinal canal stenosis (SAC) was 5.9 mm. c The patient underwent cervical laminoplasty at C3-4-5-6. d MRI of the patient from B 12 months after cervical laminoplasty with successful decompression of the spinal cord. The patient’s ASIA motor score was 72. The recovery rate was 46.2 %

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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