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Successful treatment of continuous ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the lumbar spine using percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic spinal decompression: a case report
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of the lumbar spine is rare relative to that of the cervical spine but is often associated with more severe symptoms. Continuous lumbar OPLL is extremely rare. We herein describe a 48-year-old Chinese woman with lumbar spinal stenosis caused...
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author | Tong, Yuexin Huang, Zhangheng Fan, Zhiyi Zhao, Chengliang Song, Youxin |
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description | Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of the lumbar spine is rare relative to that of the cervical spine but is often associated with more severe symptoms. Continuous lumbar OPLL is extremely rare. We herein describe a 48-year-old Chinese woman with lumbar spinal stenosis caused by continuous OPLL. She presented with a 5-year history of lower back pain and intermittent claudication. We performed percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic decompression by the posterolateral approach to achieve adequate decompression of the spinal canal up to the lower 1/3 level (0.9 cm) of the L1 vertebral body and down to the upper 1/2 level (1.3 cm) of the L2 vertebral body. After surgery, the patient’s neurological function substantially improved, and her visual analog scale scores for the lower back and both lower extremities and her Oswestry disability index were significantly lower than those in the preoperative period. During the 12-month clinical follow-up period, the patient’s neurological function was fully restored, and she regained her ability to walk normally. No surgery-related complications were observed. This case report describes a novel surgical approach that may be an effective treatment alternative for continuous lumbar OPLL. |
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spelling | pubmed-80334712021-04-21 Successful treatment of continuous ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the lumbar spine using percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic spinal decompression: a case report Tong, Yuexin Huang, Zhangheng Fan, Zhiyi Zhao, Chengliang Song, Youxin J Int Med Res Case Reports Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of the lumbar spine is rare relative to that of the cervical spine but is often associated with more severe symptoms. Continuous lumbar OPLL is extremely rare. We herein describe a 48-year-old Chinese woman with lumbar spinal stenosis caused by continuous OPLL. She presented with a 5-year history of lower back pain and intermittent claudication. We performed percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic decompression by the posterolateral approach to achieve adequate decompression of the spinal canal up to the lower 1/3 level (0.9 cm) of the L1 vertebral body and down to the upper 1/2 level (1.3 cm) of the L2 vertebral body. After surgery, the patient’s neurological function substantially improved, and her visual analog scale scores for the lower back and both lower extremities and her Oswestry disability index were significantly lower than those in the preoperative period. During the 12-month clinical follow-up period, the patient’s neurological function was fully restored, and she regained her ability to walk normally. No surgery-related complications were observed. This case report describes a novel surgical approach that may be an effective treatment alternative for continuous lumbar OPLL. SAGE Publications 2021-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8033471/ /pubmed/33823635 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03000605211004774 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Tong, Yuexin Huang, Zhangheng Fan, Zhiyi Zhao, Chengliang Song, Youxin Successful treatment of continuous ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the lumbar spine using percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic spinal decompression: a case report |
title | Successful treatment of continuous ossification of the posterior
longitudinal ligament in the lumbar spine using percutaneous transforaminal
endoscopic spinal decompression: a case report |
title_full | Successful treatment of continuous ossification of the posterior
longitudinal ligament in the lumbar spine using percutaneous transforaminal
endoscopic spinal decompression: a case report |
title_fullStr | Successful treatment of continuous ossification of the posterior
longitudinal ligament in the lumbar spine using percutaneous transforaminal
endoscopic spinal decompression: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Successful treatment of continuous ossification of the posterior
longitudinal ligament in the lumbar spine using percutaneous transforaminal
endoscopic spinal decompression: a case report |
title_short | Successful treatment of continuous ossification of the posterior
longitudinal ligament in the lumbar spine using percutaneous transforaminal
endoscopic spinal decompression: a case report |
title_sort | successful treatment of continuous ossification of the posterior
longitudinal ligament in the lumbar spine using percutaneous transforaminal
endoscopic spinal decompression: a case report |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8033471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33823635 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03000605211004774 |
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