Effect of decompression range on decompression limit of cervical laminoplasty.

Backgrounds: Cervical posterior decompression surgery is used to relieve ventral compression indirectly by incorporating a backward shift of the spinal cord, and this indirect decompression is bound to be limited. This study aimed to determine the decompression limit of posterior surgery and the effect of the decompression range.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of 129 patients who underwent cervical open-door laminoplasty through 2008 to 2012 and were grouped as follows: C4-C7 (n = 11), C3-C6 (n = 61), C3-C7 (n = 32), and C2-C7 (n = 25).

Laminoplasty with lateral mass screw fixation for cervical spondylotic myelopathy in patients with athetoid cerebral palsy: A retrospective study.

Although several studies report various treatment solutions for cervical spondylotic myelopathy in patients with athetoid cerebral palsy, long-term follow-up studies are very rare. None of the reported treatment solutions represent a gold standard for this disease owing to the small number of cases and lack of long-term follow-up. This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of laminoplasty with lateral mass screw fixation to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy in patients with athetoid cerebral palsy from a single center.

Application of Piezosurgery in Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion.

Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) is frequently used to decompress the cervical spine; however, this procedure is risky when dealing with a hard disc or ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). Piezosurgery offers a useful tool for performing this procedure. In this article, we present a 50 years old man who had cervical spondylotic myelopathy with OPLL at the C 6 level and segmental stenosis of the cervical spinal canal.

[Reoperation to the ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament].

Objective: To discuss surgical approaches of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) of cervical spine.

Methods: Between June 2005 to July 2010, 36 patients with OPLL of cervical spine were reoperated. There were 23 male, 13 female, age from 39 to 72 years (mean 57 years).

[Effects of Yunnan Baiyao on peri-operative bleeding of patients undergoing cervical open-door laminoplasty: a multi-center randomized double-blind placebo-control trial].

Objective: To investigate the effects of Yunnan Baiyao on peri-operative bleeding of the patients undergoing cervical open-door laminoplasty.

Methods: 197 patients undergoing cervical open-door laminoplasty were randomly divided into 2 groups Yunnan Baiyao group (receiving Yunnan Baiyao 500 mg three times daily for 5 days) and placebo group. The amounts of intra-operative and post-operative bleeding were compared, and the side effect of Yunnan Baiyao was also analyzed.

[The application and early result of rectangle titanium cage in the anterior cervical spine fusion].

Objective: To evaluate the value of rectangle titanium cage (SynCage-C) in the anterior cervical spine fusion.

Methods: Nineteen patients underwent anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion using SynCage-C with average follow-up of 9 months.

Results: All cases had cervical spondylosis with 13 cases of myelopathy and 6 cases of radiculopathy.