Year: 1999
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We performed cervical decompressive surgery in 4 hemodialysis patients. The age range in these 4 cases was 48 to 58 years (average: 53) and the duration of hemodialysis ranged from 3.5 years t o 25 years (average: 16.1). The spinal cord was compressed by the deposition of amyloid in the hypertrophied posterior longitudinal ligament, ligamentum flavum, and epidural space. We believe that cervical myelopathy in longterm hemodialysis is caused by hypertrophy of the posterior longitudinal ligament and ligamentum flavum due to amyloid deposition and by developmental canal stenosis.
Source: Orthopedics & Traumatology
Authors: Taro Yamauchi, Shinnosuke Nakahara, Tsuyoshi Suenaga, Masato Tanaka, Nobuo Kai
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2321367520