Surgical Management Of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

Objective: To evaluate the surgical results of the anterior, posterior and combined antero-posterior surgical methods in the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), and to identify the new understandings on the indications and selection of these methods.Methods: 50 patients (pts) were included in this study. 20 pts. aged 52±8 years, (male:female 13:7) underwent posterior approach; 20 pts. aged 56 ± 12, (male:female 12:8) underwent anterior approach and 10 pts aged 52 ± 14, (male: female 9:1) underwent antero-posterior approach at same operation sitting or different...