作者
Michael G Fehlings, Ahmed Ibrahim, Lindsay Tetreault, Vincenzo Albanese, Manuel Alvarado, Paul Arnold, Giuseppe Barbagallo, Ronald Bartels, Ciaran Bolger, Helton Defino, Shashank Kale, Eric Massicotte, Osmar Moraes, Massimo Scerrati, Gamaliel Tan, Masato Tanaka, Tomoaki Toyone, Yasutsugu Yukawa, Qiang Zhou, Mehmet Zileli, Branko Kopjar
发表日期
2015/9/1
期刊
Spine
卷号
40
期号
17
页码范围
1322-1328
出版商
LWW
简介
Study Design.
Prospective, multicenter international cohort.
Objective.
To evaluate outcomes of surgical decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) at a global level.
Summary of Background Data.
CSM is a degenerative spine disease and the most common cause of spinal cord dysfunction worldwide. Surgery is increasingly recommended as the preferred treatment strategy for CSM to improve neurological and functional status and quality of life. The outcomes of surgical intervention for CSM have never been evaluated at an international level.
Methods.
Between October 2007 and January 2011, 479 symptomatic patients with image evidence of CSM were enrolled in the prospective, multicenter AOSpine CSM-International study from 16 global sites. Preoperative and postoperative clinical status, functional impairment, and quality of life were evaluated using the modified Japanese Orthopaedic …
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