"Thickened" ligamentum flavum caused by laminectomy

Kasim F. B. H., TOSUN Ö., Kasim E., Ercan K., TOSUN A., Arslan H., ...More

NEUROLOGIA I NEUROCHIRURGIA POLSKA, vol.49, no.3, pp.145-149, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 49 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.pjnns.2015.03.007
  • Journal Name: NEUROLOGIA I NEUROCHIRURGIA POLSKA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.145-149
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a laminectomy on the adjacent ligamentum flavum (LF) by measuring LF thickness using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).