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From: One-stage posterior laminectomy with instrumented fusion and foraminotomy for cervical ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament with radiculopathy pain

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Surgical procedures of LFF. a The cervical spine cord and right nerve root were compressed due to the ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament. b Laminectomy was performed, and the cervical spine cord was partly relieved. But the right nerve root was still compressed due to the cervical ossified posterior longitudinal ligament. c Additional foraminotomies at the symptomatic levels were performed to relieve the nerve root. Part (less than 50%) of the facet joint was removed

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X