[Wooridul News] [Health News] YTN/ Healthy Life/ Ossification of the Posterior Longitidinal ligament / Dr. Han Joong Keum

YTN Health Life introduced about
Ossification of the Posterior Longitidinal ligament (OPLL)

Let’s find out what kind of spine disease is it?!

Dr.Han Joong Keum,  Medical Director of Wooridul hospital  gave us introduction about
Compressed Spinal Cord of Back side spine and neck that caused by Ossification of the Posterior Longitidinal ligament (OPLL).

Dr. Han Joong Keum  Specialist of Neurosurgeon

 

-Medical Director of Wooridul hospital

-Head of the International Patients Center at Wooridul Hospital

-Korean Neurosurgical Society member –

–Member of  Korean Society of Spine Surgery

-Fellow Americam board of Minimally 

                                                                                     Invasive Spine Specialist (FABMISS)

Ossification of the Posterior Longitidinal ligament (OPLL) is unfamiliar and Posterior Longitidinal Ligament is the ligament that passes through back of the vertebral body.




 -Posterior Longitudinal Ligament , ligament runs through back of vertebral body

Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (PLL) may change like becoming thick & rough and it causes compressing the nerve, in cases of neural disorder is reffered to as posterior longitudinal ligament






-Q: Ossification of the Posterior Longitidinal ligament?

-A: Posterior longitudinal ligament is the disease that    

     compress the nerve and  become thick as like bone.

OPL,it induces similar symptoms like cervical disk. In case of Cervical Disease, mostly symptoms appears in the arm. However, OPLL Starts with the symptoms through neck, thoracic, lumber then appear symptoms like loose strength and  numbness in arm and legs.

<Symptoms of Cervical disk VS OPLL>

Treatment process of  Ossification of the Posterior Longitidinal Ligament (OPLL)
>Accurate diagnosis through more than 5 times confirmation
> treatment begins with medication and physical therapy


In cases of serious symptoms, choice of the surgery should be decided carefully with various considerations.

In Surgically treats with ablative surgery of thickened Posterior Longitudinal Ligament  after accurate diagnoses. (removing the thickned part of PLL )

Beware points are proper posture and revalent exercise everyday for your Cervical Bone Health. Recently People are using computer and smart phones in neck bending posture.
This Posture is not good for the spine.
Straighten up the poor posture and locate your computer & smartphone as your eye level.
It can be left from the causing serious illness. One of the  most important thing to prevent from the ligament ossification is having good  proper posture in your every day life.