Fundamental Spinal Surgical Techniques for Degenerative Cervical Spine Disorders

Analysis of reoperations after surgical treatment of degenerative cervical spine disorders: a report on 900 cases.

UNLABELLED Surgery on the degenerative cervical spine disorders aims at decompression of the neural structures and restoring the physiological profile of the cervical spine. The aims of internal fixation are to gain primary stability, introduce a bony fusion and to correct the shape of the spine. The present study will give answers to the following questions: 1. What is the overall revision rat...

Surgical Management of Low Back Pain and Degenerative Spinal Disorders

Surgical management of multilevel cervical spinal stenosis and spinal cord injury complicated by cervical spine fracture

BACKGROUND There are few reports regarding surgical management of multilevel cervical spinal stenosis with spinal cord injury. Our purpose is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of open-door expansive laminoplasty in combination with transpedicular screw fixation for the treatment of multilevel cervical spinal stenosis and spinal cord injury in the trauma population. METHODS This was a ret...

Degenerative intraspinal cyst of the cervical spine

We describe two cases of degenerative intraspinal cyst of the cervical spine that caused a gradually progressive myelopathy. One case had a cyst that arose from the facet joint and the other case had a cyst that formed in the ligamentum flavum. The symptoms improved immediately after posterior decompression by cystectomy with laminoplasty.

Unstable degenerative spondylolisthesis of the cervical spine.

Unstable degenerative spondylolisthesis of the cervical spine is very rare. Slip usually occurs at the C3 on C4 or C4 on C5 levels, immediately above a stiff lower cervical spine. There are two clinical patterns: that with neurological involvement causing cervicobrachial pain or myelopathy and that with neck pain alone. The diagnosis can be made by flexion/extension radiography. All of our eigh...