CompletedNot Applicable

Prospective Cohort Study of Outcome After Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery

South Korea156 participantsStarted 2015-05

Plain-language summary

In case of cervical foraminal stenosis without central stenosis, there are several options; anterior discectomy and fusion (ACDF), tubular retractor assisted micro-foraminotomy (MTPF) and posterior percutaneous cervical foraminotomy and discectomy (P-PECD). P-PECD is a modern technique and there was no RCT with MTPF, although P-PECD showed not inferior result to ACDF. Nowadays MTPF and P-PECD are minimally invasive surgical techniques, but there was no comparative study. The primary object of the study is to compare radiological outcome (segment angle) after MTPF or P-PECD.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 80 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * cervical radicular pain * no cervical myelopathy Exclusion Criteria: * motor weakness less than MMT Gr III * cervical myelopathy * OPLL and myelopathy * previous cervical spine surgery * combined fracture or spinal tumor

What they're measuring

change of segmental angle

Timeframe: postoperative 1 year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02486107

SponsorSeoul National University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2019-12

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