Long-Term Outcomes of Cervical Laminoplasty in the Elderly
Table 4
Comparison between patients with or without severe complications at the final follow-up period (average 105 months).
Baseline factors
Without severe complications = 25
With severe complications or dead = 12
value
Age at surgery
76.9 ± 2.2
78.4 ± 3.6
0.20
Sex (male : female)
18 : 7
5 : 7
0.15
Diagnosis (CSM : OPLL)
21 : 4
9 : 3
0.66
Preop C2–7 Cobb angles
18 ± 8
16 ± 10
0.53
Postop C2–7 Cobb angles
15 ± 12
12 ± 9
0.39
Preop ROM
33 ± 11
31 ± 11
0.69
Postop ROM
20 ± 10
21 ± 16
0.59
Pretotal JOA
9.5 ± 2.8
8.5 ± 3.3
0.39
Posttotal JOA
11.4 ± 2.7
9.9 ± 2.7
0.14
Premotor JOA (U/E)
2.1 ± 0.9
1.7 ± 0.9
0.20
Postmotor JOA (U/E)
2.8 ± 0.8
2.2 ± 0.5
0.02
Premotor JOA (L/E)
1.4 ± 0.9
0.8 ± 0.7
0.03
Postmotor JOA (L/E)
2.1 ± 0.7
1.4 ± 0.8
0.02
CSM: cervical spondylotic myelopathy; OPLL: ossification of the longitudinal ligament; Preop: preoperative; Postop: postoperative; ROM: range of motion; U/E: upper extremities; L/E: lower extremities. Two years after surgery, excluding one patient who died 2 weeks after surgery. Six months after surgery, excluding one patient who died 2 weeks after surgery.
