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  • Title: [Anterior approach micro-decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Report of 74 cases].
    Author: Zheng FR.
    Journal: Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi; 1992 Mar; 30(3):144-6, 188-9. PubMed ID: 1473382.
    Abstract:
    From Oct. 1986 to Dec. 1990, 74 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy were treated by anterior micro-decompression. According to the Guidetti's classification of spine cord dysfunction, minor paralysis was detected in 18 patients, moderate in 49, and severe in 7. Thirty-five patients with monointervertebral space compression were operated on at the involved space only, and 39 patients with poly-level masses, two or three intervertebral spaces were operated. The results of the patients after microsurgery were good in 55 patients (74.3%), improved in 16 (21.6%), unchanged in 3 (4.1%). None worsened after operation. The total effective rate was 95.9%. We emphasize that the bony compressive mass should be resolved completely and the same time spine cord involvement must be avoided.
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