Study on correlation between calsification of ligamentum nuchae and degeneration of ligamentum flavon / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To study the relationship between ossification of ligamentum nuchae(LN) and degeneration of ligamentum flavon(LF) of cervical spondylotic myelopathy(CSM).[Method]Fifty-six cervical LF samples from CSM patient of C_(3~7) in relation to the stage of ossification of LN samples(experimental group,EG) and 38 samples of corresponding ligament from patient with cervical vertebral trauma(CVT)(control group,CG) were obtained.Thickness of LF was measured,their pathological change was examined by microscopy,content of collagen and kydrolyproline and the ratio of type Ⅰ/ type Ⅱ collagen were determined by Woessners method and setting Salting out method.The correlation among the thickness of degenerative LF,the ratio of type Ⅰ/ type Ⅱ collagen,the content of collagen and hydrokyproline,and arrangement disorder of LF in relation to the ossification stage of LN were analyzed.[Result]In EG,as compared with in CG,there showed a decrease of elastic fibre,decrease of ratio type Ⅰ/ type Ⅱ collagen due to significant increase of type Ⅱ collagen,increase collagen content and disorder arrangement of LF.In relation to the ossification of LN,above changes were more marked in LF of C_(4、5),C_(5、6),than that of C_(3、4),C_(6、7)(P