Short-term clinical outcomes and technical advantages of mini-open endoscope assisted anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 371 - 16
• Main Authors: Zhong, Hua-zhang, Cheng, Li, Wang, Qi-fei, Zhu, Bin, Chen, Lei, Jing, Jue-hua, Tian, Da-sheng, Zhou, Yun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.04.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Back surgery; Bone surgery; Care and treatment; Central nervous system diseases; Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Cervical Vertebrae - surgery; Clinical outcomes; Decompression; Diskectomy - adverse effects; Diskectomy - instrumentation; Diskectomy - methods; Endoscopes; Endoscopy; Endoscopy - methods; Feasibility Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Methods; Microsurgery; Middle Aged; Mini-open endoscope assisted anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Minimally invasive surgery; Ossification; Patient outcomes; Patients; Physiology; Single-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Spinal cord; Spinal cord compression; Spinal Fusion - adverse effects; Spinal Fusion - instrumentation; Spinal Fusion - methods; Spine; Spondylosis - diagnostic imaging; Spondylosis - surgery; Surgeons; Surgery; Surgical apparatus & instruments; Treatment Outcome; Vertebrae; Zero-profile; China; Mini-open endoscope assisted anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Decompression; Single-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Zero-profile; Clinical outcomes

Although anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is the gold standard for treating cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), it still has several disadvantages in spite the used of microscope. Unilateral biportal endoscopy is a newly developed minimally invasive spine surgery and has many advant...