By K. Yonenobu, K. Nakamura, Y. Toyama

This booklet brings jointly info on all elements of OPLL - epidemiology, etiology, analysis, and remedy. It includes contributions through eastern researchers and surgeons, together with participants of the Ministry of future health and Welfare research Committee, and by means of American surgeons with services within the box. before, little has been released at the topic in English. This selection of experiences is abundantly augmented with illustrations.

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Japanese Ministry of Public Health and Welfare, Tokyo, pp 90–93 23. Okazaki T, Takuwa Y, Yamamoto M, Matsumoto T, Igarashi T, Kurokawa T, Ogata E (1984) Ossification of the paravertebral ligaments; a frequent complication of hypoparathyroidism. Metabolism 33:710–713 24. Katoh S, Ikata T, Hirai N, Okada Y, Nakauchi K (1995) Influence of minor trauma to the neck on the neurological outcome in patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of the cervical spine. Paraplegia 33:330–333 25.

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