Overview
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Kazuo Yonenobu
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National Hospital Organization, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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Kozo Nakamura
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshiaki Toyama
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery School of Medicine, Keio University 35 Shinanomachi, Tokyo, Japan
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages I-XVIII
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Epidemiology
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- Shunji Matsunaga, Takashi Sakou
Pages 7-9
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- Shunji Matsunaga, Takashi Sakou
Pages 11-17
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Pathology and Pathogenesis
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- Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Toru Akune, Naoshi Ogata, Atsushi Seichi, Katsushi Takeshita, Kozo Nakamura
Pages 37-40
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- Yoshio Hashizume, Takashi Kameyama, Junichi Mizuno, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Tsutomu Yanagi, Mari Yoshida
Pages 65-70
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- Kengo Yamamoto, Kosuke Kubo
Pages 77-91
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- Hisatoshi Baba, Kenzo Uchida, Hideaki Nakajima, Yasuo Kokubo, Ryuichiro Sato, Takafumi Yayama et al.
Pages 101-107
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Diagnosis of OPLL and OYL
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Front Matter
Pages 109-109
About this book
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a hyperostotic condition of the spine with severe neurological deficits. In 1975 the Investigation Committee for OPLL, under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare, established diagnostic criteria for the condition, and with growing awareness of OPLL among Japanese researchers and spinal surgeons, the number of patients diagnosed with the condition in Japan has increased in recent years. As knowledge of OPLL has spread, there has also been an increase in the number of reported cases of the condition in other parts of the world: Asia, the United States, and Europe. Until now, however, little has been published on the subject in English; thus the appearance of this present volume is most timely. It brings together information on all aspects of OPLL - epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment - with contributions by Japanese researchers and surgeons, including members of the Ministry of Health and Welfare Investigation Committee, and by American surgeons with expertise in the field. This collection of reports on OPLL, amply augmented with illustrations, will be of special interest to orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons, and to neurologists, rheumatologists, neuroradiologists, and pathologists.
Editors and Affiliations
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National Hospital Organization, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
Kazuo Yonenobu
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Kozo Nakamura
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery School of Medicine, Keio University 35 Shinanomachi, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiaki Toyama
