Laminoplasty versus laminectomy and posterior fusion for cervical myelopathy: a meta-analysis of radiographic and clinical outcomes

M Daher, JE Nassar, CL McDonald… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Meta-analysis. Objective. This meta-analysis investigates the outcomes of
laminoplasty (LP) and laminectomy with fusion (LF) to guide effective patient selection for …

Current Concepts of Cervical Spine Alignment, Sagittal Deformity, and Cervical Spine Surgery

H Suzuki, M Funaba, K Fujimoto, Y Ichihara… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
There are not many reports on cervical spine alignment, and only a few analyze ideal
surgical approaches and optimal amounts of correction needed for the various types of …

Differences in spinal cord biomechanics after laminectomy, laminoplasty, and laminectomy with fusion for degenerative cervical myelopathy

A Vedantam, B Harinathan, A Warraich… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Spinal cord stress/strain during neck motion contributes to spinal cord
dysfunction in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM), yet the effect of surgery on spinal …

[HTML][HTML] Using Finite Element Models to Assess Spinal Cord Biomechanics after Cervical Laminoplasty for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

M Rahman, P Palmer, B Harinathan… - Diagnostics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cervical laminoplasty is an established motion-preserving procedure for degenerative
cervical myelopathy (DCM). However, patients with pre-existing cervical kyphosis often …

A Novel “De-tension”-guided Anterior Decompression Strategy—Thoracic Anterior Controllable Antedisplacement Fusion (TACAF) for Multilevel Ossification of …

S Wang, K Sun, X Xu, J Sun, Y Wang, J Shi - World Neurosurgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To propose a novel surgical strategy-thoracic anterior controllable
antedisplacement fusion (TACAF) to treat multilevel thoracic ossification of the posterior …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing adjacent segment biomechanics between anterior and posterior cervical fusion using patient-specific finite element modeling

B Harinathan, D Jebaseelan… - Asian Spine …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Study Design This study employed a patient-specific finite element model. Purpose To
quantify the effect of anterior and posterior surgical approaches on adjacent segment …