Seena Vengalil, Nupur Pruthi, Dhananjay Bhat, Alok Mohan Uppar, Kiran Polavarapu, Veeramani Preethish-Kumar, Saraswati Nashi, Srinithya Rajesh, Aswini Ns, Bidyut Prava Behera, Vandhiyadevan Gd, Chandrajit Prasad, Dipti Baskar, Karthik Kulanthaivelu, Akshaya Saravanan, Thennarasu Kandavel, Vikas Nishadham, Akshata Huddar, Gopikrishnan Unnikrishnan, Aneesha Thomas, Muddasu Suhasini Keerthipriya, Sai Bhargava Sanka, Nisha Manjunath, Ravi Kiran Valsani, Mainak Bardhan, Atchayaram Nalini
BACKGROUND: Hirayama disease (HD), is a cervical compressive myelopathy. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is identified as best surgical approach. We evaluated surgical outcome and factors influencing ACDF in HD. METHODS: Between 2015 and 2019, 126 HD patients underwent ACDF. Contrast MRI of cervical spine in full flexion was done. Clinical examination and pre / post operative assessment of hand function using Fugl-Meyer, Jebsen-Taylor hand function test and handheld dynamometry were done at 3 monthly intervals for one year...
November 23, 2023: World Neurosurgery