Anterior cervical corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: experience and surgical results in a series of 70 consecutive patients

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Salvatore ChibbaroR Gagliardi

Abstract

Recently the debate over the management of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) has regained interest; more specifically whether treatment should be operative versus non-operative, raising the question about the real effectiveness of surgery in influencing the natural history of this pathology and about the choice of the most appropriate approach (anterior vs. posterior). The authors report a retrospective review of 70 consecutive patients who underwent elective anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion with iliac crest autograft or titanium mesh and placement of an anterior cervical plate for the treatment of CSM. The patients underwent pre-and postoperative evaluation, including history, and physical and neurological examination. Patients were also evaluated pre-and postoperatively using a modified version of the Japanese Orthopedics Association Scale (mJOA), which provides a fine semi-quantitative graded evaluation of overall function. Upon discharge home, patients were followed for an average of 42 months (range, 12-63 months). Following an anterior cervical decompression of the spinal cord, 94.2% of patients improved their functional status and 5.8% were unchanged; the mean preoperative mJOA score of all patients was 12.2, ...Continue Reading

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