Clinical outcome of cervical arthroplasty in the treatment of spondylotic myelopathy
- VernacularTitle:人工颈椎间盘置换术治疗脊髓型颈椎病的临床观察
- Author:
Wei ZHANG
;
Yong SHEN
;
Wenyuan DING
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
spondylotic myelopathy;
cervical arthroplasty;
anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
- From:
Orthopedic Journal of China
2006;0(15):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
[Objective]To verify the clinical outcome of cervical arthroplasty in the treatment of spondylotlc myelopathy exclusively.[Method]From January 2004 to August 2003,twelve spondylotic myelopathy patients who underwent cervical arthroplasty were included in this study.Preoperative and final follow-up Nuriek grade,Oswestry neck disability index(ONDI)score,neck and arm pain VAS score of patients were recorded and compared.Surgical outcome was also measured using odom' s criteria.[Result]100% of patients had good or excellent outcomes using Odom' s criteria,while the final follow-up Nurick grade,ONDI score,neck and arm pain VAS score were improved significantly compared with the preoperative valule.[Conclusion]Cervical arthroplasty is effective in the treatment of spinal cord compression secondary to spondylotic disease with interveterbral movement being preserved.
