title: Age-related surgical outcomes of laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy.
abstract: Study Design Retrospective clinical study. Objective To investigate the age-related surgical outcomes of laminoplasty. Methods One hundred patients who underwent an en bloc laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy from 2004 to 2008 and were followed for at least 1 year were included in this study. The clinical outcomes were assessed with the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score. Acquired points (postoperative JOA score minus preoperative JOA score) were also calculated. To investigate the age-related effect for laminoplasty, two analyses were conducted: (1) the correlation between age and clinical outcome; and (2) the clinical outcomes by decade. Patients were divided into four groups according to their age at the time of operation as follows: group 50s, 50 to 59 years old; group 60s, 60 to 69 years; group 70s, 70 to 79 years; and group 80s, 80 to 89 years. The pre- and postoperative JOA scores, acquired points, preoperative comorbidities, and postoperative complications were then compared among the groups. Results Significant correlations were detected between age and JOA scores at the preoperative (p = 0.03), postoperative maximum (p < 0.0001), and final assessments (p < 0.0001). An age-related decline of JOA scores was observed over all periods. The analysis by decades showed the same results. On the other hand, the significant differences were not found for acquired points over all periods by either method. The preoperative comorbidities of hypertension and diabetes mellitus increased with age. Delirium was more common postoperatively in elderly patients. Conclusions Although an age-related decline of JOA scores was found over all periods, there were no severe sequelae and no differences in the acquired points that were age-related.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeno
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takenori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
keywords: age-related; cervical spondylotic myelopathy; elderly patient; laminoplasty
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