EFFICACY OF CAGE PLACEMENT WITHOUT PLATE IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL MYELOPATHY WITH SINGLE-LEVEL AFFECTION
| Autor: | CARLOS ALBERTO ZUÑIGA-MAZÓN, ARELHI CATALINA GONZÁLEZ-CISNEROS, JOSÉ MARÍA JIMÉNEZ-ÁVILA |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
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| Zdroj: | Coluna/Columna, Vol 16, Iss 3, Pp 180-183 |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2177-014X 1808-1851 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s1808-185120171603178523 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the efficacy of PEEK (Poly-ether-ether-ketone) cage without plate for the treatment of single-level cervical spondylosis. Methods: Ten patients with cervical myelopathy data, with a single-level root condition, seen at the outpatient clinic of the Neurosurgery Service, operated in 2016, mean age 53 years, 6 (60%) female, 4 (40%) obese, 3 (30%) smokers. The Cloward technique was used by anterior approach, discectomy, and PEEK cage placement. Results: At six months of surgery, 100% of the patients had increased intervertebral space, with a 100% reduction in osteophytes; only one patient had dysphagia, no patient had lesion of the adjacent segment and 10% had persistent root pathology. Cervical lordosis was observed in 90% of the patients and arthrodesis in 100% of the cases. Conclusions: Anterior approach arthrodesis using PEEK cage without cervical plate is effective as a treatment of cervical myelopathy in a single level. |
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