OBJECT The objective of this systematic review was to use evidence-based medicine to identify the indications and utility of anterior cervical nerve root decompression. METHODS The National Library of Medicine and Cochrane Database were queried using MeSH headings and key words relevant to surgical management of cervical radiculopathy. Abstracts were reviewed after which studies meeting inclu...

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...

To date, several studies were conducted to find which procedure is superior to the others for the treatment of cervical myelopathy. The goal of surgical treatment should be to decompress the nerves, restore the alignment of the vertebrae, and stabilize the spine. Consequently, the treatment of cervical degenerative disease can be divided into decompression of the nerves alone, fixation of the c...

INTRODUCTION Dystrophic neurofibromatosis type I, involving upper cervical spines, is rare, which can cause serious complications. Myelopathy develops due to compression of the cord posteriorly. Surgical correction has its inherent risks and difficulties because of poor bone quality, difficult anterior approach because of bizarre deformities, and the necessary manipulation, which might cause mo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of anterior cervical decompression and fixation with Caspar plating in cervical spine injury on neurological outcome. STUDY DESIGN A case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Neurosurgery, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, from July 2008 to March 2011. METHODOLOGY Thirty patients admitted with cervical spine injuries were inducted in ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of anterior cervical decompression, fusion and titanium plate fixation in sub axial cervical spine injuries in respect of neurological outcome, postoperative stability and early rehabilitation. The Descriptive case series study was conducted at Department of Neurosurgery, Liaquat University Hospital, Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan during year 2005 to 2007. METHODS...

OBJECTIVE At present, gold-standard technique of cervical cord decompression is surgical decompression and fusion. But, many complications related cervical fusion have been reported. We adopted an extended anterior cervical foraminotomy (EACF) technique to decompress the anterolateral portion of cervical cord and report clinical results and effectiveness of this procedure. METHODS Fifty-three...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic effects of anterior 'skip' corpectomy with posterior decompression for treating four-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy. METHODS Operation time and blood loss during the operation for the anterior and posterior approach groups were recorded. Patients were examined with cervical lateral radiography before and after the operatio...

Cervical myelopathy describes a constellation of symptoms and signs arising from compression of the cervical spinal cord (Table 1). Because the presentation of the myelopathic patient can be quite subtle in its early manifestations, the diagnosis may easily be missed or wrongly attributed as a “normal” epiphenomenon of aging. However, because the natural history is typically one of stepwise pro...