OSSIFICATION OF THE POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW.

UNLABELLED: Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament is a relatively rare potentially dangerous pathology with insufficiently covered issues of clinical presentation, diagnostics, treatment tactics and surgical correction options.

OBJECTIVE

To present a rare clinical case of a fracture of the ossified posterior longitudinal ligament in a patient with a cervical vertebral injury, as well as a review of the literature on the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostics, and tactics of conservative and surgical treatment for this pathological condition.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

Clinical case of fracture of ossified posterior longitudinal ligament in a patient with cervical spine injury, scientific literature and periodicals.

RESULTS

The material provided will help doctors in various fields in treating their patients.

CONCLUSION

Due to the rarity of such clinical situations, further accumulation of information and its analysis is required.