"Management can range from conservative to surgical removal. Surgical options can include an anterior, posterior, or combined approach. An anterior approach (e.g. plated multilevel anterior discectomy and fusion, anterior cervical corpectomy with fusion) may provide more direct decompression and best improve myelopathy. However, it may cause greater soft-tissue morbidity. Posterior approaches (e.g. laminectomy and fusion, and laminoplasty) may be better tolerated in older patients 8."
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"There is a recognised greater prevalence in males (M:F = 2:1) and in the elderly 3,7. The incidence is higher in Asian populations (~3%; range 1.9-4.3%) than in White populations (~1%; range 0.01-1.7%), with the highest rates reported in Japan 3,6,7."
"There is a recognised greater prevalence in males (M:F = 2:1) and in the elderly 3,7. The incidence is higher in Asian populations (~3%; range 1.9-4.3%) than in White populations (~1%; range 0.01-1.7%), with the highest rates reported in Japan 3,6,7."
"There is a recognised greater prevalence in males (M:F = 2:1) and in the elderly 3,7. The incidence is higher in Asian populations (~3%; range 1.9-4.3%) than in White populations (~1%; range 0.01-1.7%), with the highest rates reported in Japan 3,6,7."
"The most commonly used classification is that proposed by the Investigation Committee for Ossification of the Spinal Ligaments, part of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 12,13:"