Treatment for thoracic ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament with posterior circumferential decompression: complications and managements

Yang, Baohui; Wang, Yi; He, Xijing; Li, Haopeng

doi:10.1186/s13018-016-0489-4

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Table 1 Characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with TOPLL

From: Treatment for thoracic ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament with posterior circumferential decompression: complications and managements

Patient number	Age (years)	Gender	Type of TOPLL	Involved level	Operation time (h)	Blood loss (ml)	Complications	JOA before surgery	JOA¹/RR	JOA²/RR
1	61	M	Local	T4	4	1600	Hemorrhage	4	7/42.86%	8/57.14%
1	61	M	Local	T4	4	1600	Cerebrospinal fluid leakage	4	7/42.86%	8/57.14%
2	49	M	Local	T8	5	2100	Hemorrhage	5	9/66.67%	10/83.33%
3	52	F	Continuous	T1-3	6	4000	Hemorrhage	7	10/75.0%	10/75.0%
3	52	F	Continuous	T1-3	6	4000	Superficial infection	7	10/75.0%	10/75.0%
4	55	F	Mixed	T5, T7-8	3.5	1700	Hemorrhage	4	2	5
							Intercostal nerve palsy
							Neurological deterioration
5	44	M	Mixed	T1-2, T3	4.5	1400		3	7/50.0%	8/62.5%
6	67	M	Continuous	T2-5	4	1300		3	9/75.0%	9/75.0%
7	48	F	Segmental	T3, T4	3	1200		6	9/60.0%	10/80.0%
8	53	F	Continuous	T1-4	4.5	2500	Hemorrhage	5	4	6
							Cerebrospinal fluid leakage
							Intercostal nerve palsy
							Neurological deterioration
9	61	M	Local	T11	3	1200		4	9/71.43%	9/71.43%
10	49	F	Segmental	T5, T7	3.5	1400	Intercostal nerve palsy	4	8/57.14%	8/57.14%
11	56	M	Segmental	T2, T3	4.5	1600	Hemorrhage	3	2	2
11	56	M	Segmental	T2, T3	4.5	1600	Neurological deterioration	3	2	2
12	45	F	Continuous	T6-8	5	2300	Hemorrhage	3	7/50.0%	8/62.5%
12	45	F	Continuous	T6-8	5	2300	Cerebrospinal fluid leakage	3	7/50.0%	8/62.5%
13	44	M	Local	T2	3	800		5	7/33.33%	6/16.67%
14	47	F	Continuous	T8-11	3.5	1300		4	8/57.14%	6/28.57%
15	32	M	Mixed	T1, T2-4	3	1000	Cerebrospinal fluid leakage	3	7/50.0%	7/50.0%
15	32	M	Mixed	T1, T2-4	3	1000	Intercostal nerve palsy	3	7/50.0%	7/50.0%
16	57	F	Local	T4	3.5	1000		6	9/60.0%	9/60.0%
17	47	M	Segmental	T4-6	4.5	1800	Hemorrhage	5	9/66.67%	10/83.33%
17	47	M	Segmental	T4-6	4.5	1800	Cerebrospinal fluid leakage	5	9/66.67%	10/83.33%
18	65	F	Continuous	T1-4	4	1400		2	4/22.22%	4/22.22%
19	56	F	Continuous	T2-4	4.5	1900	Hemorrhage	5	9/66.67%	9/66.67%
20	49	M	Segmental	T5-7	4	1600	Hemorrhage	6	9/60.0%	9/60.0%
21	56	F	Local	T3	2.5	900		7	10/75.0%	10/75.0%
Mean ± SD	52.1 ± 8.3				4.0 ± 0.9	1619 ± 704		4.5 ± 1.4	7.4 ± 2.4*/57.73%	7.8 ± 2.2**/60.36%

M male, F female, T thoracic, JOA ¹ JOA score at 2 days after the surgery, JOA ² JOA score at the last follow-up visit, RR recovery rate
*P < 0.001 compared with JOA before surgery

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