Spinal Cord Injury Caused by Minor Trauma in a Patient with Silent Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum: Case Report and Review

Spinal Cord Injury Caused by Minor Trauma in a Patient with Silent Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum: Case Report and Review

Background and Importance: Acute spinal cord injury without an apparent spinal fracture/dislocation in an asymptomatic subject with silent thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum (TOLF) is an extremely rare with only seven fully documented example with this specific scenario in the literature...

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Main Authors: Abolfazl Rahimizadeh, Housain Soufiani, Mahan Amirzade, Walter Williamson, Shaghayegh Rahimizadeh, Naser Asgari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Guilan University of Medical Sciences 2023-01-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
fall
laminectomy
ligamentum flavum
ossification
spinal cord injury
Online Access:https://irjns.org/article-1-367-en.pdf

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