AIM Dynamic plates have been popularized to promote cervical spine fusion. There are no studies comparing the effectiveness and complications between traditional static plates and new dynamic plates (Vectra-T, Synthes, Switzerland). MATERIAL AND METHODS From June 2009 to October 2012, 70 patients underwent anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) in our hospital for the treatment of cer...

The results of treatment over a period of 10 years of 102 cases of cervical spondylosis with myelopathy are presented, with a complete follow-up in all cases to two years after the end of that period. Results similar to those previously recorded were obtained with treatment by a light Minerva plaster collar, or laminectomy, but the best results, 73% sustained improvement, were obtained in 65 ca...

© 2015 Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery. All rights reserved Background: Posterior cervical fixation with lateral mass screws has been increasingly used since the concept was first described by Roy-Camille in 1979. Objective: Is to evaluate the efficacy of posterior cervical fixation by lateral masspolyaxial screws and rod system in the management ofsubaxial cervical instability associated with...

Cervical spondylosis is the most frequent reason for progressive impairment of spinal cord and nerve roots, which is clinically manifested as cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), cervical radiculopathy, or both. Eighty operated patients are presented (49 men and 31 women), who had evidence of CSM and/ or radiculopathy. Age ranged from 26 to 80 years (mean 50 years). Depending on the predomina...

A 56-year-old man underwent cervical laminoplasty for cervical spondylosis. On the 7th postoperative day, he suddenly felt severe neck pain, and tetraplegia developed rapidly over 1.5 hrs. Computed tomography demonstrated a huge hematoma compressing the cervical spinal cord. Clot was evacuated 3 hrs after the onset of symptoms. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful. His blood pressu...

BACKGROUND The optimal surgical approach for treatment of multi-level cervical disc disease is currently widely debated. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) combined with cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) has been presented as a treatment approach, but to date, there are few reports with adequate clinical and radiological data for this hybrid surgical procedure. The goal of this paper...