The previous studies show that the main reasons for poor post-operation results of OLF patients are the delation in diagnosis and the needs of continued operation in OLF in spine.

胸椎OLF的保守治疗效果差，临床治疗仍以后路减压术为主，研究表明，诊断延误与OLF多发性是造成患者术后功能恢复差的重要原因。