Clinical Study of Laminoplasty for Cervical Spine

Since 1984 operative treatment was performed in 80 patients of cervical myelopathy Kurokawa's method of cervical canal enlargement. There were cervical spondylotic myelopathy in 45 patients and OPLL in 35 patients. Clinical evaluation above 50% was obtained in 50 cases (63%). There was no signi...

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Published inOrthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 134 - 137
Main Authors Uchikawa, Tomoya, Nagata, Kensei, Ohashi, Teruaki, Sagara, Masasi, Miyazaki, Shinpei, Tanaka, Kenji, Inoue, Akio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1991
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Summary:Since 1984 operative treatment was performed in 80 patients of cervical myelopathy Kurokawa's method of cervical canal enlargement. There were cervical spondylotic myelopathy in 45 patients and OPLL in 35 patients. Clinical evaluation above 50% was obtained in 50 cases (63%). There was no significant difference in the recovery rate between segmental fusion and long fusion. Roentgenologically, 21 patients (34%) showed postoperative decrease in lordosis.
ISSN:0037-1033
1349-4333
DOI:10.5035/nishiseisai.40.134