Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) in the Wallis and Futuna population: a hidden and underestimated enemy - 08/08/25
Doi : 10.1016/j.neuchi.2025.101712
L. Mongardi a, ⁎ 
, M.C. Hesler b, J.R. Vignes c, S. Fuentes d, P. Roblot a
, M.C. Hesler b, J.R. Vignes c, S. Fuentes d, P. Roblot a a Neurosurgery Unit, Medipole Koutio, Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Nouvelle-Cal edonie, 98 835, Dumbea-Sur-Mer, New Caledonia
b Radiology department, Medipole Koutio, Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Nouvelle-Cal edonie, 98 835, Dumbea-Sur-Mer, New Caledonia
c Department of Neurosurgery A, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Place Amelie Raba-L eon, 33076 Bordeaux, France
d Neurosurgery Department, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France
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Highlights |
• | OPLL is rare a condition characterized by an abnormal calcification of the posterior longitudinal ligament most commonly located in the cervical region. |
• | The prevalence of OPPL in the Pacific ethnic groups in New Zealand is 6.9% in the Asian and 3.6% in the Māori population. |
• | no one has ever investigated the prevalence of OPLL in the Wallis and Futuna population, a Polynesian French archipelago |
• | From this date, until June 2025, we noticed the OPLL patients represent more than 3% of our surgical activity as 14 patients has been operated for severe spinal cord compression related to OPLL. |
• | Cervical Dish was associated in 28% of cases (4 patients) and diabetes in over 40% of the cases. Over 20 asymptomatic cases of OPLL are managed as outpatients (representing more than 1% of all outpatient visits). |
• | These neurological and radiological features may be linked to genetic features. Indeed, present-day people of South Pacific harbor Est-Asian ancestry, likely related to migrations of populations the populations who reached remote Oceania from East Asia around 3000 years BP |
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