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October 6, 2021Global Spine JournalOpen Access

Aggravation of Ossified Ligamentum Flavum Lesion Is Associated With the Degree of Obesity

Tsutomu Endo Yoshinao Koike Yuichiro Hisada Ryo Fujita Ryota Suzuki Masaru Tanaka Takeru Tsujimoto Yukitoshi Shimamura Yuichi Hasegawa Masahiro Kanayama Katsuhisa Yamada Akira Iwata Hideki Sudo Misaki Ishii Norimasa Iwasaki Masahiko Takahata

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Abstract

Our findings demonstrated that obesity is a distinct feature of multilevel OLF in the thoracic spine and that the severity of OLF is associated with the degree of obesity.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69df2c7c3b0ba53fb37a1d89 https://doi.org/10.1177/21925682211031514

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