title: [Expansive laminoplasty: an alternative for the treatment of cervical spondyloarthrosis].
abstract: We describe the surgical technique of expansive cervical laminoplasty and analyse the results in 28 patients treated by this method for cervical spondylotic myelopathy with a minimum follow-up of six months. Twenty-four patients (86%) had clinical improvement according to the Nurick scale while three (10%) had no improvement and one patient died on the first days post-operatively. The good results achieved demonstrate that this technique is simple, effective and has few complications on the treatment of spondylotic myelopathy.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Madre Teresa, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. gca@zipmail.com
authors.forename: Gustavo Cardoso
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: de Andrade
authors.forename: Roberto Leal
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: da Silveira
authors.forename: Aluízio Augusto
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Arantes
authors.forename: Nilson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: Eckstânio Marcos Melo
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D025242:Spondylarthropathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome