Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Oct 2011
Anterior corpectomy and reconstruction with titanium mesh cage and dynamic cervical plate for cervical spondylotic myelopathy in elderly osteoporosis patients.
This retrospective study was to evaluate the relationship between osteoporosis and dynamic cervical plates in screw-plate or screw-bone interface of elderly cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) patients. ⋯ Despite the fact that there is a significant difference of the cage subsidence rate between the two groups no clinical outcome, nor sagittal alignment or fusion rate differences among groups was observed in elderly CSM patients.