Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Conditions
Interventions
Case series:Nil
Sponsors
The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with multilevel degenerative cervical myelopathy(>=3).
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 |
|---|---|
| Neurological function assessment;Quality of life assessment;Medical imaging assessment;intraoperative ultrasound imaging; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactShaoyu Liu
The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
Outcome results
None listed