[Clinical therapeutic effect observation of using the modified reconstruction of spinous processes for treating cervical vertebrae degenerative disease].
OBJECTIVE
To report clinical application and therapeutic effect on the modified reconstruction of spinous processes for treating cervical vertebrae degenerative disease.


METHODS
Twenty-nine cases with cervical vertebrae degenerative disease were treated with the modified reconstruction of spinous processes. Among them, 21 cases were male and 8 cases were female. The age was from 37 to 76 years with an average age of 55 years. Of them, 4 cases occured immediately with no factors, 15 cases occured chronically, and 10 cases occured following substantial trauma. The last-time of disease was 5 h to 25 years, with an average of 1 year and 8 months.


RESULTS
After 3 months to 5 years and 6 months followed-up, the results were excellent in 18 cases (recovery rate >75%), good in 7 cases (recovery rate 50% to 75%), fair in 3 cases (recovery rate 25% to 49%), poor in 1 case (recovery rate < or =24%)with average recovery rate 86.6% according to JOA 17 score system.


CONCLUSIONS
The reconstruction of spinous processes may be an effective measure in spinal decompression absolutely, meanwhile, it can maintain the spinal sequences stable, also can avoid or reduce the axial symptoms and the correction of cervical kyphosis.
Zhan
Bei-lei
BL
The People's Hospital of Quzhoou, Quzhou 324000, Zhejiang, China. zbl67899@126.com
Ye
Zhou
Z
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery