Christine Park, Christopher I Shaffrey, Khoi D Than, Giorgos D Michalopoulos, Sally El Sammak, Andrew K Chan, Erica F Bisson, Brandon A Sherrod, Anthony L Asher, Domagoj Coric, Eric A Potts, Kevin T Foley, Michael Y Wang, Kai-Ming Fu, Michael S Virk, John J Knightly, Scott Meyer, Paul Park, Cheerag Upadhyaya, Mark E Shaffrey, Avery L Buchholz, Luis M Tumialán, Jay Turner, Nitin Agarwal, Dean Chou, Nauman S Chaudhry, Regis W Haid, Praveen V Mummaneni, Mohamad Bydon, Oren N Gottfried
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the preoperative patient characteristics that affect surgical decision-making when selecting an anterior or posterior operative approach in patients diagnosed with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). METHODS: This was a multi-institutional, retrospective study of the prospective Quality Outcomes Database (QOD) Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy module. Patients aged 18 years or older diagnosed with primary CSM who underwent multilevel (≥ 2-level) elective surgery were included...
November 10, 2023: Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine