Open AccessComparative Clinical and Radiographic Cohort Study: Uniportal Thoracic Endoscopic Laminotomy With Bilateral Decompression by Using the 1-Block Resection Technique and Thoracic Open Laminotomy With Bilateral Decompression for Thoracic Ossified Ligamentum Flavum
Author(s) -
Hyeun Sung Kim,
Pang Hung Wu,
Jiyeon Kim,
Yeonjin Lee,
Dae Hwan Kim,
Jun Hyung Lee,
Jun Bok Jeon,
IlTae Jang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
operative neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2332-4260
pISSN - 2332-4252
DOI - 10.1227/ons.0000000000000145
Subject(s) - laminotomy , medicine , decompression , surgery , thoracic spine , resection , laminectomy , spinal cord , psychiatry
Symptomatic thoracic myelopathy secondary to thoracic ossified ligamentum flavum (OLF) often requires decompression spinal surgery.