Research Article

Cervical Sagittal Imbalance after Cervical Laminoplasty in Elderly Patients

Table 3

Change in sagittal alignment parameters in patients after laminoplasty (1-year follow-up).

All patients (60 cases)
PreoperativePostoperative

C2-7 SVA2.203.160.96<0.01
CL13.2813.540.250.758
T1 slope25.7928.472.68<0.01
T1 slope-CL13.0615.962.90<0.01

C2-7 SVA: C2-7 sagittal vertical axis; CL: cervical lordosis; T1 slope-CL: T1 slope minus cervical lordosis. . , statistically significant.