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Multiple cervical arcocristectomies for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: surgical technique and
Sergio H Amaral1, Marcelo N Silva, Mauricio Giraldi
1Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Heliopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil. drshamaral@uol.com.br
Object:
In the surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy, a posterior approach is recommended for patients with multilevel cervical stenosis. In this article the authors describe the multiple cervical arcocristectomy technique and results.
Methods:
This surgical technique involves the removal of the upper half of the cervical laminae and was performed in 17 patients between 1997 and 2005 with a mean follow-up of 55 months.
Results:
Sixteen patients showed immediate improvement in myelopathic symptoms, and all of them had long-term improvement with no complications and a relatively short surgical time.
Conclusions:
Multiple cervical arcocristectomy is a surgical technique that offers physiological and biomechanical advantages in the treatment of the spondylotic myelopathy.