Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy - Anterior Corpectomy and Fusion with Plating - Figures

The Morton International Endowed Chair, Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

University of Hong Kong

Figures


Figure 1 A: Preoperative lateral neutral cervical spine


Figure 1 B: Preoperative AP cervical spine


Figure 2: Preoperative sagittal MRI


Figure 3 A: Preoperative axial MRI at C4–5 with severe spinal stenosis


Figure 3 B: Preoperative axial MRI at C5–6 with severe spinal stenosis


Figure 4 A: Postoperative lateral cervical spine showing screw fixation into the C4, C6 and C7 vertebral bodies with healed strut and interbody grafts.


Figure 4 B: Postoperative AP cervical spine showing good position of the plate spanning from C4 to C7.

Updated on: 12/10/09