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ArticleJournal of healthcare engineering2022

Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Anterior Cervical Decompression versus Segmental Fusion and Posterior Expansive Canal Plasty in the Treatment of Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.

Chen Xia, Fangfang Shi, Chuyong Chen, Jun Lv, Qi Chen

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Article in Journal of healthcare engineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chen XiaDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310014, China.
Fangfang ShiDepartment of Hematology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310014, China.
Chuyong ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310014, China.
Jun LvDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310014, China.
Qi ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310014, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4070-2037
Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of anterior cervical decompression and segmental fusion and posterior expansive canal plasty in the treatment of multisegment cervical myelopathy. Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed of 56 cases of multisegment cervical myelopathy patients admitted from July 2018 to June 2021, 32 male patients and 24 females, aged 56.9 ± 12.8 years with an average duration of 10.6 ± 3.2 years. All patients' preoperative imaging examination revealed multiple-segmented cervical disc herniation and had clinical manifestations of cervical myelopathy. Results: No neurovascular complications occurred in both groups, and 24 to 36 months of follow-up (mean 28.6 months) were obtained. The height of the cervical spondylosis segment was higher than that 2 weeks after surgery ( Conclusion: This segmented anterior fusion procedure can effectively restore the anterior cervical column height and can significantly improve spinal cord function compared with posterior spinal canal enlargement plasty, thus could be considered an effective option for the treatment of multisegment cervical myelopathy.

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Spinal Cord DiseasesSpinal FusionCervical VertebraeDecompressionFemaleHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcome

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