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Preoperative American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) assessment was consistent with an incomplete spinal injury of ASIA impairment scale level D at the level of T3. Cranial to T3, the patient had normal strength and sensation. Caudal to T3, she had no sensation aside from 1+ at S1 bilaterally. Her strength in the bilateral lower extremities was graded as 4 of 5 from L2-S1.
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Background: Calcification of the ligamentum flavum is a rare cause of spinal stenosis. The process can occur at any level in the spine, often presents with local pain or radicular symptoms, and is a distinct process from ossification of the spinal ligaments in pathogenesis and treatment approach. Few case reports have described multiple level invol...
