MRI-Defined Changes in the Ligamentum Flavum After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Morphology, Posterior Cord Compression, Predictors, and Clinical Outcomes - A Systematic Review
Year: 2026
Type: other
Abstract: Preregistered protocol for a systematic review of MRI-defined changes in the ligamentum flavum and ligamentum flavum-related posterior spinal cord compression after primary anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) for degenerative cervical disease, including predictors of these changes and their associations with clinical outcomes. Authors: Oleksii S. Nekhlopochyn, Vitalii I. Fortunenko, Vadym V. Verbov, Ievgen V. Cheshuk (State Institution "Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute" of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv). Registered before the formal systematic search and independent screening. Files: full protocol (version 2.1) and complete database search strategies (Appendix A1). A linked PROSPERO registration is being submitted.
Source: Open Science Framework
Author: Oleksii Nekhlopochyn
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7213885097