Extremely high preoperative C7 slope limits compensatory cervical lordosis after muscle-preserving selective laminectomy.
Satoshi NoriTateru ShiraishiRyoma AoyamaKen NinomiyaJunichi YamaneKazuya KitamuraSeiji UedaPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2018)
Patients in group EH were older and had highly compensated cervical sagittal alignment preoperatively. They demonstrated postoperative cervical sagittal balance mismatch increases and slightly worse functional recovery. An extremely high C7 slope limited compensatory cervical lordosis following SL. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.