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Fig. 1 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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From: Comparison of microendoscopic selective laminectomy versus conventional laminoplasty in patients with degenerative cervcical myelopathy: a minimum 2-year follow-up study

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A 58-year-old man presented with two-level spinal cord compression at C5/6 and C6/7 and underwent cervical microendoscopic interlaminar decompression (CMID) from C5 to C7; i.e., laminectomy of C6 and partial laminectomy of C5 and C7 after splitting the C6 spinous process. a, b, c Preoperative lateral X-ray in neutral (a), flexion (b), and extension (c) positions. d, e Preoperative sagittal (d) and axial (e) images on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). f, g, h Postoperative (at 28 months) lateral X-ray in neutral (f), flexion (g), and extension (h) positions. i, j Postoperative sagittal (i) and axial (j) images on T2-weighted MRI. k Clinical photograph showing the operative scar (arrows). Pre−/postoperative C2/7 Cobb angles, range of motion, spinal cord diameter, and degree of posterior spinal cord shifting were 10/10 degrees, 50/48 degrees, 3.0/5.2 mm, and 2.6 mm, respectively. The pre- and postoperative Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) scores were 10 and 16

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