A comparative study on clinical outcomes and safety of accurate anterior cervical ossified posterior longitudinal ligament en bloc resection versus piecemeal resection in patients with ossification of the cervical posterior longitudinal ligament: a propensity score-matching analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The anterior approach for cervical ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) excision can improve long-term neurofunctional recovery by providing direct spinal cord decompression. The objective of the present study was to compare the clinical outcomes and complications between accurate anterior cervical ossified posterior longitudinal ligament en bloc resection (ACOE) versus piecemeal resection (ACOP) using propensity score-matching analysis.

Methods

Included in this study were 189 OPLL patients (65 female) who underwent anterior cervical surgery, with a mean age of 54.85 years. Of them, 105 patients (39 female) with a mean age of 55.69 years underwent ACOE, and the remaining 84 patients (26 female) with a mean age of 53.80 underwent ACOP. Of the 189 p

SUBMITTER: Chen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12004819 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature