Extremely high preoperative C7 slope limits compensatory cervical lordosis after muscle-preserving selective laminectomy

ConclusionsPatients in group EH were older and had highly compensated cervical sagittal alignment preoperatively. They demonstrated postoperative cervical sagittal balance mismatch increases and slightly worse functional recovery. An extremely high C7 slope limited compensatory cervical lordosis following SL.Graphical abstractThese slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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Source: European Spine Journal - April 23, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research