Cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated by anterior multilevel decompression and fusion. Follow-up report of 214 cases

• Published in: Clinical orthopaedics and related research no. 221; p. 161
• Main Authors: Yang, K C, Lu, X S, Cai, Q L, Ye, L X, Lu, W Q
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.1987
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cervical Vertebrae; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Intervertebral Disc - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Reoperation; Spinal Cord Compression - etiology; Spinal Cord Compression - surgery; Spinal Fusion - methods; Spinal Osteophytosis - complications; Spinal Osteophytosis - surgery

From 1974 to 1982, 214 patients were treated for cervical spondylotic myelopathy by anterior multilevel decompression and the Robinson anterior interbody fusion and followed for an average of three years and 11 months. Postoperative results were superior to those obtained previously using posterior...