Open AccessA Comparison of Clinical and Functional Outcomes Following Anterior, Posterior, and Combined Approaches for the Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Author(s) -
Gautam Zaveri,
Nitin Jaiswal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/ortho.ijortho_8_16
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , decompression , myelopathy , orthopedic surgery , spinal cord , psychiatry
The key determinants when planning surgery in patients with CSM are the direction of compression, number of levels, sagittal alignment and instability. However there is no literature that compares the clinical and functional outcomes following different approaches in patients selected for surgery.