Ossification of ligamentum flavum related to progressive thoracic myelopathy and acute paraplegia in a Central-European male with a thoracic kyphoscoliosis

Erdani, Danijel (avtor), Topolovec, Matevž (avtor), Hero, Nikša (avtor), Brumat, Peter (avtor)

The ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) presents a significant risk factor in the development of spinal cord compression in the (lower) thoracic spine, particularly in eastern Asian elderly males. The definite causes for OLF have not yet been fully uncovered, whereby age, genetics, metabolic disorders and mechanical stress are deemed among the most plausible pathophysiological factors in OLF. Spinal deformities (mostly kyphotic) are associated with an excess in tensile forces, which may lead to hypertrophy and OLF. This unique case of OLF-related acute paraplegia and progressive thoracic myelopathy in a Central-European male patient may indicate the role of a (kyphoscoliotic) spinal deformity in the initiation and progression of the OLF-related (thoracic) myelopathy. Promptly initiated surgical decompression and (partial) deformity correction may, along with proper subsequent intradisciplinary rehabilitation process, greatly improve the clinical outcome post-treatment, especially in terms of quality of life and residual pain.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: ossification of ligamentum flavum, thoracic myelopathy, thoracic kyphoscoliosis, trauma, orthopaedic surgery
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.03 - Kratki znanstveni prispevek
• Organizacija: MF - Medicinska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2023
• Št. strani: 4 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 2023, iss. 2, art. rjad070
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-147270
• UDK: 617.3
• ISSN pri članku: 2042-8812
• DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjad070
• COBISS.SI-ID: 143666435
• Datum objave v RUL: 28.06.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of surgical case reports
• Skrajšan naslov: J. surg. case rep.
• Založnik: Oxford University Press, JSCR Publishing
• ISSN: 2042-8812
• COBISS.SI-ID: 519980313

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: okostenitev rumenega ligamenta, torakalna mielopatija, torakalna kifoskolioza