Combined anterior-posterior fusion can improve neurological function in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy and athetoid cerebral palsy, even in those with severe involuntary movements.
Postoperative rigid external fixation is not needed for the procedure to be successful, say researchers in Kanagawa, Japan.
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (also known as myeloradiculopathy) is a serious secondary disability in patients with an existing congenital handicap. It often occurs in adults with athetoid cerebral palsy.
Although several surgical procedures had been described to treat the condition in adults with athetoid cerebral palsy, none had had satisfying long-term results, the researchers observed
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