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Surgical treatment of thoracic myelopathy is not always rewarding. Several authors have reported poor results related to posterior decompressive laminectomy [1–3]. The reasons for poor results after laminectomy can be listed as follows: (1) the spinal cord is not expected to shift backward as a result of laminectomy because of the kyphotic curvature of the thoracic spine; (2) impingement on the spinal cord remains unaffected after laminectomy when the lesion is located in the anterior portion of the canal, such as ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL); and (3) progression of the present kyphosis may be the main reason for postoperative neurological deterioration [1–3].
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Yonenobu, K., Suzuki, S., Hosono, N., Wada, E. (1997). Lateral Rhachotomy. In: Yonenobu, K., Sakou, T., Ono, K. (eds) OPLL. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67046-9_24
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