Preface

01 Introduction
02 Epidemiology of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in Korea
03 Epidemiology of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in Japan
04 Epidemiology of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in the Chinese Population
05 The Genetics and Molecular Research in Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
06 Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
07 Natural History of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of Cervical Spine
08 Clinical Manifestations and Differential Diagnosis of Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
09 Radiologic Diagnosis and Novel MR Imaging Technologies for Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
10 Conservative Management of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in the Cervical Spine
11 Surgical Indication and Strategy for the Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Evolution and Outcome
12 Anterior Surgical Approach for Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Iigament in the Cervical Spine
13 Posterior Surgical Approach for Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in the Cervical Spine
14 An Alternative Surgical Approach for Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Multilevel Oblique Corpectomy Without Fusion
15 Complications and Avoidance in the Surgical Treatments for Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in the Cervical Spine
16 Surgical Outcome and Prognostic Factors for Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in the Cervical Spine
17 Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in the Thoracic Spine and its Surgical Management
18 Relationship Between Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis and OPLL
19 Relationship Between Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament and Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum

Index