aminectomy without or with dorsal Fusion for cervical myeloradiculopathy: a randomised trial

Completed

• Conditions: Cervical myelopathy due to cervical spinal stenosis; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Dorsopathies

• Registration Number: ISRCTN72800446
• Lead Sponsor: Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-06-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with a minimal age of 60 years
2. At neurologic examination myelopathic changes must be apparent
3. At Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), concordant stenotic alterations at the cervical level(s) must be present
4. At the plain sitting lateral radiograph a lordotic spine must be shown
5. The shape of the cervical spine is lordotic when the vertebral bodies of C3 to C6 are in front of a line drawn from a point of the posterior inferior part of C2 to a point at the posterior superior part of C7

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previous cervical surgery for myelopathic signs and symptoms
2. Solely radiculopathy, or most important complaint
3. Unable to undergo MRI
4. Life expectancy less than two years
5. Other diseases interfering with neurologic symptoms and signs, for example spinal cord glioma, thoracic herniated disc with spinal cord compression, multiple sclerosis etc.
6. Rheumatoid arthritis
7. Trauma to the neck in history
8. Diseases interfering with rehabilitation, for example severe cardiac congestive disease
9. Participation in another study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified