title: [Analysis of risk factors of axial symptoms after single door laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the risk factors of axial symptoms after single door laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis was made on the clinical data of 102 patients with cervical myelopathy who underwent single door laminoplasty and were accorded with selective standard between February 2009 and October 2011. There were 59 males and 43 females, aged 35 to 72 years (mean, 58 years). The disease duration was 1-70 months (mean, 18 months). The operated segments included C3-7 in 58 cases, C3-6 in 23 cases, C4-7 in 15 cases, and C3-5 in 6 cases. The visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to determine whether the patient had axial symptoms (group A) or not (group B). The logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors of postoperative axial symptoms by assessing the following indexes: preoperative VAS score, preoperative Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score, gender, age, disease duration, operated segment, operation time, intraoperative blood loss, wearing collar time, preoperative encroachment rate of anterior spinal canal, preoperative cervical curvature, and preoperative cervical range of motion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 102 cases were followed up 18-26 months (mean, 24 months). And no postoperative spinal cord injury, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, or infection occurred. Of 102 cases, 50 had axial symptoms (group A) and 52 had no axial symptoms (group B). There were significant differences in age, wearing collar time, preoperative cervical range of motion, preoperative cervical curvature, and preoperative encroachment rate of anterior spinal canal between 2 groups (P < 0.05), but no significant difference was found in preoperative JOA score and VAS score, blood loss, gender, disease duration, operated segment, and operation time (P > 0.05). The logistic regression analysis showed that the increased preoperative encroachment rate of anterior spinal canal, reduced preoperative cervical curvature, and preoperative cervical range of motion loss were the risk factors for cervical axial symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Age, wearing collar time, preoperative cervical range of motion, preoperative encroachment rate of anterior spinal canal, and preoperative cervical
authors: Shuiqing
authors: S
authors: Xie
authors: Tianwei
authors: T
authors: Sun
authors: Rong
authors: R
authors: Tian
authors: Tiantong
authors: T
authors: Xu
authors: Yutao
authors: Y
authors: Jia
authors: Qingfeng
authors: Q
authors: Shen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D065406:Laminoplasty; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013115:Spinal Canal; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*