Prediction of clinical results of laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy focusing on spinal cord motion in intraoperative ultrasonography and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 34; no. 24; p. 2634
• Main Authors: Naruse, Takahiro, Yanase, Makoto, Takahashi, Hiroshi, Horie, Yumiko, Ito, Masatsugu, Imaizumi, Tadashi, Oguri, Kenji, Matsuyama, Yukihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 15.11.2009
• Subjects: Aged; Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Cervical Vertebrae - pathology; Cervical Vertebrae - surgery; Cohort Studies; Decompression, Surgical; Female; Humans; Laminectomy; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Intraoperative - methods; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods; Postoperative Care - methods; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Range of Motion, Articular - physiology; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Canal - diagnostic imaging; Spinal Canal - pathology; Spinal Canal - surgery; Spinal Cord - diagnostic imaging; Spinal Cord - pathology; Spinal Cord - surgery; Spinal Cord Compression - diagnostic imaging; Spinal Cord Compression - pathology; Spinal Cord Compression - surgery; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography - methods

Retrospective analysis of preoperative imaging and clinical data from patients undergoing cervical expansive laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy. To investigate preoperative parameters that predict the floating status of the spinal cord at the anterior elements of the cervical spine in both intraop...