ossification of The Posterior Longitudinal Ligament As A Rare Cause of Myelopathy Among Turks : Report of A Cas e iSMAIL
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The ease of a 63-year-old man who presented with Brown-Sequard syndrome plus posterior column defiats due to extensive ossifieation of the posterior longitudinal ligament is reported. Diagnostie evaluation included magnetie resonance imaging in addition to eonventional teehniques. The patient was surgieally treated by corpeetomy and fusion using an anterior approaeh and made a complete reeovery. The oecuerenee of ossified
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تاریخ انتشار 2007