Study Design: A prospective cohort study.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between preoperative cervical sagittal alignment and postoperative kyphosis in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) and to determine the cut-off angle for predicting the postlaminoplasty kyphosis.
Summary Of Background Data: There have been several reports describing a cervical kyphosis after laminoplasty. However, there has been no study on the cut-off angle for predicting the postoperative kyphosis in a large series of patients with CSM.
Methods: A total of 1025 consecutive patients with CSM (642 men and 383 women; mean age, 64.4 yr; range, 23-93 yrs) who underwent laminoplasty were included. The average follow-up period was 30.0 months. Radiography was performed before the surgery and at final follow-up. The cervical alignment with neutral view was measured by using the Cobb method. An alignment of C2-7 lordotic angle more than 0° was defined as lordosis and C2-7 lordotic angle less than 0° was defined as kyphosis. The incidence of postoperative kyphosis was evaluated on lateral radiographs.
Results: In all patients, the mean C2-7 alignment in the neutral position was 11.5° lordotic before surgery and 14.2° lordotic at final follow-up. In the patient without preoperative kyphotic alignment, receiver operating characteristic curve of preoperative C2-7 lordotic angle showed 7° as a predictor for the postlaminoplasty kyphosis (area under the curve = 0.75, P < 0.0001). Among the preoperatively 720 patients with lordosis more than 7°, postoperative kyphosis was observed in 20 patients (2.8%), whereas in the preoperatively 191 patients with lordosis less than 7°, postoperative kyphosis was seen in 28 patients (14.7%).
Conclusion: The cut-off value of preoperative C2-7 lordotic angle for predicting the postlaminoplasty kyphosis was 7° in CSM patient without preoperative kyphotic alignment.
Level Of Evidence: 3.
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