Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of ligamentum flavum of which fluorosis as an etiology factor | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research Research article BioMed Central Open Access Thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of ligamentum flavum of which fluorosis as an etiology factor Wenbao Wang 1 2 Linghua Kong3 Heyuan Zhao1 Ronghua Dong1 Jing Zhou1 and Yun Lu3 Address 1Spine surgery department Tianjin hospital No. 406 Jiefangnan Road Hexi District Tianjin City 300211 People s Republic of China 2106 Fort Washington Avenue Room 3H New York City NY 10032 USA and 3Hand surgery department Tianjin hospital No. 406 Jiefangnan Road Hexi District Tianjin City 300211 People s Republic of China Email Wenbao Wang - wangwwb@ Linghua Kong - kongklh@ Heyuan Zhao - zhaoheyuan99@ Ronghua Dong - dongdrh@ Jing Zhou - drwangwb@ Yun Lu - drwangwb@ Corresponding author Published 02 November 2006 Received 06 January 2006 Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2006 1 10 doi 1749-799X-1-10 Accepted 02 November 2006 This article is available from http content 1 1 10 2006 Wang et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Purpose To evaluate the clinical feature operative method and prognosis of thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum caused by skeletal fluorosis. Methods All the patients with thoracic OLF who underwent surgical management in the authors hospital from 1993-2003 were retrospectively studied. The diagnosis of skeletal fluorosis was made by the epidemic history clinical symptoms radiographic findings and urinalysis. En bloc laminectomy decompression of the involved thoracic levels was performed in all cases. Cervical open door decompression or lumbar laminectomy decompression was performed if relevant stenosis .
