Long-Term Outcomes of Cervical Laminoplasty in the Elderly

Table 3

Postoperative course and complications.

	Preop	Postop
		6 months	24 months	60 months	Final (105 months)
Pts. without severe complications	37 (100%)	36 (97%)	34 (92%)	29 (78%)	25 (68%)
Ambulating	29	35	32	27	23
Nonambulating	8	1	2	2	2
Pts. with severe complications (including death)	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	3 (8%)	8 (22%)	12 (32%)
Death	0	1	1	2	3
Dementia	0	0	2	5	5
Parkinsonism	0	0	0	1	1
Schizophrenia	0	0	0	0	1
Cerebral infarction	0	0	0	0	1
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	0	0	0	0	1