TY - JOUR
T1 - Minimally invasive central corpectomy for ossified posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine
AU - Hirano, Yoshitaka
AU - Mizuno, Junichi
AU - Nakagawa, Hiroshi
AU - Itoh, Yasunobu
AU - Kubota, Keiichi
AU - Watanabe, Sadayoshi
AU - Matsuoka, Hidenori
AU - Numazawa, Shinichi
AU - Tomii, Masato
AU - Watanabe, Kazuo
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Y. Kano, T. Shimizu and Y. Imai (Tottori University) for facility maintenance, W. Yamori (The University of Tokyo) and K. Hikosaka (Tohoku University) for advice on photosynthetic analyses, M. Inoue (Tottori University) for help with calculations of SWP from SWC, and K. Shimamoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) for providing the p2K-1GW plasmid. We also express our gratitude to the CIMMYT and ICARDA for providing wheat cultivar seeds, and thank the NBRP for providing TaPYL4 complementary DNA. This work was supported by grants from JST PRESTO (JPMJPR15Q5 to M.O.), KAKENHI (17H05009 to M.O.), Project Marginal Region Agriculture of Tottori University (to H.T. and M.O.), the Joint Research Program of Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University (30C2007 to M.O.), the NSF (IOS1258175 and 1656890 to S.R.C.) and the Cooperative Research Grant of the Genome Research for BioResource, NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Minimally invasive central corpectomy (MICC) for cervical segmental ossified posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is described. The procedure of MICC includes upper- or lower-half central corpectomy of the involved cervical spine, transdiscal decompression of the adjacent disc level, dissection and partial removal of the OPLL, removal of the OPLL behind the vertebral body via these windows, and fusion with cylindrical titanium cages. Anterior plate fixation is not necessary. From January 2008 to December 2009 we surgically treated three patients with cervical OPLL by MICC. All three patients showed remarkable improvement of their symptoms within a few days after the operation. No neurological or radiological complication was observed during that period. MICC is beneficial in avoiding complete corpectomy and long fusion, usage of an anterior plate, and usage of a large external orthosis. MICC also reduces the risk of postoperative esophageal perforation due to a screw backing out of the plate.
AB - Minimally invasive central corpectomy (MICC) for cervical segmental ossified posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is described. The procedure of MICC includes upper- or lower-half central corpectomy of the involved cervical spine, transdiscal decompression of the adjacent disc level, dissection and partial removal of the OPLL, removal of the OPLL behind the vertebral body via these windows, and fusion with cylindrical titanium cages. Anterior plate fixation is not necessary. From January 2008 to December 2009 we surgically treated three patients with cervical OPLL by MICC. All three patients showed remarkable improvement of their symptoms within a few days after the operation. No neurological or radiological complication was observed during that period. MICC is beneficial in avoiding complete corpectomy and long fusion, usage of an anterior plate, and usage of a large external orthosis. MICC also reduces the risk of postoperative esophageal perforation due to a screw backing out of the plate.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.05.024
DO - 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.05.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 20888772
AN - SCOPUS:78650177522
SN - 0967-5868
VL - 18
SP - 131
EP - 135
JO - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
IS - 1
ER -