Surgery for Thoracic Myelopathy due to Ossification of Ligaments with Intraoperative Ultrasonography and Ultrasonic Osteotome
胸椎靱帯骨化症後方手術における超音波機器の臨床応用

Yasuaki Tokuhashi, Hiromi Matsuzaki, Hiroto Ishikawa
1999 Spinal Surgery  
Posterior decompression using intraoperative ultrasonography and ! he u 】 trasonic osteotome was investigated in 29 patients sufferlng 丘om thoracic myelopathy due to ossification of ljgaments. The lesions in 7 patients were OPLL . 9 the ultrasonic osteotome were able to make such operations safer than the usual procedures in these cases . Key word : thoracic myelopathy , ossification of thoracic ligament , intraoperative ultrasonography , ultrasonic osteotome Spinal Surgery l3 ( 3)
doi:10.2531/spinalsurg.13.281 fatcat:5rxkyae5gnffdkvbgjwapl3afa