Clinical effect of anterior cervical surgery on spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality: a comparison with conservative treatment
XU Feng
LI Tao
HU Hao
XU Bin
TAN Lin-ying
ZHANG Jian
WU Bo-yu
XI Jin-tao
Abstract：Objective To observe clinical effect of anterior cervical surgery on spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (SCIWORA). Methods The clinical data of 53 patients with SCIWORA, of whom, 34 were treated by anterior cervical surgery and 19 were conservatively treated from March, 2011 to March, 2014 in our hospital, were analyzed retrospectively. The spinal cord function and neurological function after the treatment in all the patients were assessed respectively by Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score and American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) neurological function grade before and after the treatment in all the patients. Results JOA scores were significantly higher after the treatment than those before the treatment in both the groups (P<0.05). JOA scores were significantly higher in the operative group than those in the conservative group after the treatment (P<0.05). The neurological function assessed by ASIA grade was significantly better in the operative group than that in the conservative group after the treatment (P<0.05). Conclusion The curative effect of anterior cervical surgery on the patients with SCIWORA was significantly better than that of the conservative treatment.
Keywords：Spine cord injury without radiological abnormalityAnterior cervical surgeryCurative effect
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 744-747 )