ISSN:
0942-0940
Keywords:
Cervical spondylosis
;
cervical disc
;
Cloward procedure
;
anterior fusion
;
late myelography
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary During a 13 year period, 286 patients with cervical disc herniation and/or spondylotic spurs, were subjected to anterior decompression and vertebral interbody fusion with autologous bone. Twenty patients were re-admitted in the late postoperative period due to recurrent radicular symptoms and/or signs of myelopathy. In these patients myelography was performed again. In 14 patients spinal cord compression and/or nerve root involvement at a new level was visualized. At the operated level, however, the myelograms demonstrated a smooth anterior wall in the spinal canal. The series confirms the safety, effectiveness and reliability of the Cloward procedure in achieving long term spinal cord and nerve root decompression, and a solid vertebral interbody fusion.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01446993
