Endoscopic partial laminectomy for cervical myelopathy.
OBJECTIVE
The authors report the results of endoscopic partial laminectomy performed in 10 patients with degenerative cervical compressive myelopathy.


METHODS
Endoscopic partial laminectomy was performed safely in 10 patients with cervical myelopathy. All of the patients experienced symptomatic improvement with slight postoperative wound pain. The mean operative duration was 164+/-35 minutes and the mean intraoperative blood loss was 45.5+/-27 ml.


CONCLUSIONS
Endoscopic partial laminectomy may be used as a minimally invasive alternative for the treatment of cervical compressive myelopathy.
Yabuki
Shoji
S
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan. yabuki@fmu.ac.jp
Kikuchi
Shin-ichi
S
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019723:Endoscopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017843:Ligamentum Flavum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed