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Cervical laminectomy and cervical laminectomy with fixation for degenerative cervical myelopathy in patients with straightening of cervical curve
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Abstract
Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) is an age-related disease of the cervical spine and represents one of the most common causes of spinal cord dysfunction. This work is a prospective study of two groups.The first group underwent cervical laminectomy while the second group underwent cervical laminectomy with lateral mass fixation.Patients were followed up for 6 months duration using functional modified Japanese orthopedic score (mJAO), and measurement of C2-C7 cobb`s angle. The results revealed that both approaches has good functional outcome with no significant changes on the sagittal alignment