2016年5月
Posterior instrumented fusion suppresses the progression of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a comparison of laminoplasty with and without instrumented fusion by three-dimensional analysis.
European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
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- 巻
- 25
- 号
- 5
- 開始ページ
- 1634
- 終了ページ
- 1640
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00586-015-4328-9
PURPOSE: There is no definitive evidence that additional instrumented fusion following laminoplasty suppresses the progression of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). Recently, we reported a novel method involving the creation of three-dimensional (3D) model from computed tomography images to measure the volume of OPLL accurately. The study aim was to evaluate whether laminoplasty with instrumented fusion suppresses the progression of OPLL in comparison with stand-alone laminoplasty by our novel 3D analysis. METHODS: The present study comprised of a group of 19 patients (14 men, five women) with OPLL treated with posterior decompression and fusion (PDF group), and a group of 22 patients (14 men, eight women) treated with laminoplasty alone (LP group). The volume of OPLL was evaluated three times during the follow-up period, and the volume change of OPLL was compared between the two groups. RESULTS: The PDF group (2.0 ± 1.7 %/year; range, -3.0 to 5.3) demonstrated lower annual rate of lesion increase compared to the LP group (7.5 ± 5.6 %/year; range, 1.0-19.2) (p < 0.001). In a notable thing, the annual rate of increase from the 2nd to the 3rd measurement significantly decreased compared with that from the 1st to the 2nd measurement in the PDF group (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: This is the first study to prove a possible suppressant effect of additional posterior instrumented fusion on OPLL progression using novel 3D analysis.
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- DOI : 10.1007/s00586-015-4328-9
- PubMed ID : 26585974