title: Minimally invasive cervical stenosis decompression.
abstract: Cervical stenosis and cervical spondylotic myelopathy are common disorders seen by many spine surgeons. Presentation can range from asymptomatic to myelopathy or myeloradiculopathy to lower extremity and gait problems attributed to lumbar disease. Various surgical procedures are practiced in the surgical management of this disease. Posterior cervical laminectomy is a familiar procedure and is the treatment of choice for multilevel disease. With the development of newer instruments and access devices, it has become possible to treat this problem through a minimally invasive approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, 676 North St. Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. jsong@nmff.org
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Sean D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Christie
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*