Clinical and Functional Results in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Treated Surgically by Anterior Approach in a Tertiary Health Care Center
Abstract:Objective: To evaluate the clinical and functional results in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated surgically by anterior approach in a reference center. Methods: An observational, longitudinal, analytical study was carried out. The patients were evaluated using the JOA, Nurick and SF12v2 scales at hospital admission, at 3 and 6 months after surgery, analyzing the data with the Student's T test in the IBM SPSS Statistics version 24. Results: The male sex predominated, the mean age was 61 yea… Show more
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