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Table 1 Clinical features and affected level (n = 28)

From: Transcorporeal decompression using a fully-endoscopic anterior cervical approach to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: surgical design and clinical application

Basic Features

Number of patients(%)

Preoperative clinical features and signs

 Neck pain

25 (89.29%)

 Numbness in hands and decreased mobility

20 (71.42%)

 Weakness of lower limbs

18 (64.29%)

 Hoffman positive

8 (28.57%)

 Dysuria

20 (71.43%)

 Knee hyperreflexia

16 (57.14%)

Diseased segment

 C3/4

2 (7.14%)

 C4/5

3 (10.71%)

 C5/6

15 (53.57%)

 C6/7

8 (28.57%)