Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in C2 Recapping Laminoplasty for the Pathologies in the Upper Cervical Spine.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate C2 muscle preservation effect and the radiological and clinical outcomes after C2 recapping laminoplasty.

Methods

Fourteen consecutive patients who underwent C2 recapping laminoplasty around C1-2 level were enrolled. To evaluate muscle preservation effect, the authors conducted a morphological measurement of extensor muscles between the operated and nonoperated side. Two surgeons measured the cross-sectional area (CSA) of obliquus capitis inferior (OCI) and semispinalis cervicis (SSC) muscle before and after surgery to determine atrophy rates (ARs). Additionally, we examined range of motion (ROM), sagittal vertical axis (SVA), neck visual analogue scale (VAS), Neck Disability Index (NDI), and Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score to assess potent

SUBMITTER: Kim DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11224761 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature