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Retrospective comparison of the surgical results for patients with thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: Posterior decompression with instrumented spinal fusion versus modified anterior decompression through a posterior approach.
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Surgical results of nonambulatory patients caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligaments in the thoracic spine: retrospective comparative study between posterior decompression and instrumented spinal fusion versus anterior decompression through a posterior approach.
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Clinical effect of posterior-only approach debridement, intervertebral fusion, and internal fixation for upper thoracic tuberculosis.
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Transforaminal Posterior Approach Is Effective for Treatment of Lower Thoracic Spine Spondylodiscitis.
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Microsurgical resection of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the thoracic spine via the transthoracic approach without spinal fusion: case series and technical note.
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J Neurosurg Spine. 2019 May 24;31(3):326-333. doi: 10.3171/2019.3.SPINE181388. Print 2019 Sep 1.
