Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Anterior Approach Microscopic Surgery for the Pincer Mechanism in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

Table 1

Demographics.

Male/female, n	12/9
Median duration of symptoms, mo (range)	8.5 (1–60)
Increased T2 cord signal, n	15
Diabetes, %	15%
Average blood loss, ml (range)	90 (65-150)
Average surgical levels, n	2.0±0.8
Median follow-up, mo (range)	6 (4-12)
JOA recovery rate, %	59.4±34.0%

Abbreviations: Surgical levels, the number of surgically affected levels.
JOA, Japanese Orthopedic Association; full score 17 points.