Posterior Cervical Pedicle Screw-Rod/Plate Instrumentation Combined with Unilateral Open-Door Laminoplasty for the Treatment of Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Compression Injury: Report of Five Cases

Turk Neurosurg. 2018;28(1):152-157. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.15052-15.1.

Abstract

All patients were acute, multi-segment cervical spinal cord compression injury secondary to subaxial cervical spine fracture. These patients underwent emergency posterior cervical pedicle screw-rod/plate instrumentation combined with unilateral open-door laminoplasty. Well-placed pedicle screws and good cervical canal dilation were achieved in all patients, as assessed by radiography. Patients were followed up for 6-10 months and showed at least one class improvement in spinal impairment. These cases suggest that simple posterior cervical pedicle screw-rod/plate instrumentation combined with extensive unilateral open-door laminoplasty could repair acute, multi-segment cervical spinal cord compression injury secondary to subaxial cervical spine fracture if the cervical spine sequence is well preserved and does not require restoration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Plates*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Decompression, Surgical / instrumentation
  • Decompression, Surgical / methods*
  • Humans
  • Laminoplasty / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pedicle Screws*
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Fractures / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome