Skip to main content
Fig. 3 | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Fig. 3

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

Fig. 3

Laminectomy with instrumented fusion (LF group). A 78-year-old male patient with progressive myelopathy and right C5 radiculopathy due to severe cervical OPLL (a–e). Preoperative X-ray, CT, and MRI images showed OPLL from C4 to C6, discontinuity between the rostral ossification regions and lordotic alignment of the cervical spine. f Postoperative X-ray showed laminectomy was performed between C3 and C6 segment with maintenance of cervical lordosis. g–j Postoperative CT and MR sagittal image showed decompression of the spinal cord

Back to article page

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X