The safety and efficacy of anterior versus posterior decompression surgery in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a prospective randomized trial.

CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with multilevel DCM, the anterior approach was significantly better regarding postoperative pain, NDI, and hospital stay, while the posterior approach was significantly better in terms of postoperative dysphagia and operative duration. PMID: 32357329 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - April 30, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: El-Ghandour NMF, Soliman MAR, Ezzat AAM, Mohsen A, Zein-Elabedin M Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research