cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients meeting the above one or more, after strict conservative treatment for half a year, have no obvious relieve symptoms: 1) More segmental cervical spondylosis (=three segments); 2) Continuous or segmental posterior longitudinal ligament ossification with obvious spinal cord compression; 3) Developmental cervical spinal stenosis.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Ossification of the yellow ligament; 2) Patients with old cervical spine injury; 3) Patients who have undergone cervical vertebra internal fixation or decompression surgery because of cervical trauma or other reasons; 4) Patient with primary myelopathy; 5) Epidural adhesion caused by inflammatory disorders such as ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.; 6) Severe cervical instability; 7) Stiff cervical kyphosis with Cobb Angle > 10; 8) Paget's disease, osteomalacia or other bone metabolic diseases; 9) Systemic or local active infection; 10) Taking drugs (such as hormones) that may affect the healing of bone or soft tissue; 11) Infectious diseases, including AIDS, viral hepatitis, etc.; 12) Malignant tumor: the patient has a definite history of malignant tumor (except for non-malignant melanoma), unless the patient has received effective treatment and no clinical symptoms or signs have been found for at least 5 years; 13) Failure to accept or tolerate surgery for other reasons; 14) Refuse to sign informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life assessment;Neurological function assessment;Medical imaging assessment; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen university