Impact of obesity on cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a nationwide prospective study

Abstract Positive association between ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine (OPLL) and obesity is widely recognized; however, few studies focused on the effects of obesity on treatment of cervical OPLL. The effects of obesity on surgical treatment of cervical OPLL were inv...

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Main Authors: Kanji Mori, Toshitaka Yoshii, Satoru Egawa, Kenichiro Sakai, Kazuo Kusano, Shunji Tsutsui, Takashi Hirai, Yu Matsukura, Kanichiro Wada, Keiichi Katsumi, Masao Koda, Atsushi Kimura, Takeo Furuya, Satoshi Maki, Narihito Nagoshi, Norihiro Nishida, Yukitaka Nagamoto, Yasushi Oshima, Kei Ando, Hiroaki Nakashima, Masahiko Takahata, Hideaki Nakajima, Kazuma Murata, Masayuki Miyagi, Takashi Kaito, Kei Yamada, Tomohiro Banno, Satoshi Kato, Tetsuro Ohba, Satoshi Inami, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Hiroyuki Katoh, Haruo Kanno, Hiroshi Taneichi, Shiro Imagama, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, Katsushi Takeshita, Morio Matsumoto, Masashi Yamazaki, Atsushi Okawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12625-3