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

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
Source :: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Nature Portfolio, 2022.
Abstract: 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 investigated by a Japanese nationwide, prospective study. Overall, 478 patients with cervical myelopathy due to OPLL were prospectively enrolled. To clarify the effects of obesity on the surgical treatment for cervical OPLL, patients were stratified into two groups, non-obese (

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