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- Title
Surgical Treatment for Cervical Myelopathy in Patients Aged >80 Years.
- Authors
Nagano, Akihito; Miyamoto, Kei; Hosoe, Hideo; Iinuma, Nobuki; Nishimoto, Hirofumi; Sakaeda, Hirohumi; Wada, Eiji; Shimizu, Katsuji
- Abstract
The surgical outcomes of 13 patients who were diagnosed wirh cervical spondylotic myelopathy were reviewed retrospectively. Mean patient age at surgery was 83 years. The severity of cervical spondylotic myelopathy was evaluated using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association score. Daily activities were evaluated using the Barthel index. The preoperative JOA score and Barthel index were 7.8 and 63.5, respectively. The mean JOA score and Barthel index maximum recovery rate were 35% and 24%, respectively. The results of this study imply that surgery for patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy aged >80 years is warranted.
- Subjects
CERVICAL spondylotic myelopathy; CERVICAL vertebrae disease complications; SPINAL osteophytosis complications; SPINAL cord diseases; SPINAL cord surgery
- Publication
Orthopedics, 2004, Vol 27, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0147-7447
- Publication type
Article