Surgical treatment for severe cervical disc herniation of C_(3、4) by anterior and posterior approach / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To observe the surgical treatment for the huge disc herniation of C3、4.[Method]Sixteen patients with huge disc herniation of C3、4 were operated upon with combined posterior decompression of expansive open-door laminoplasty with anterior decompression,bone graft and plate fixation.After operation,neurological findings,height of the interbody space and fusion rate of the space were observed.[Result]All the patients were followed up for an average of more than six months,all of them did not get secondary nerve injuries in operation,neurological function were improved obviously and all the affected interbody space got solid fusion.Based on the standard of Odom,50% of the patients were very good,25 % good,25 % general,and the effective rate was about 100%,excellent rate was about 75%.[Conclusion]The combined posterior with anterior decopression and interbody fusion for treatment of huge disc herniation of C3、4 has advantage of more security in removing the prolapsed disc,improvement of the interbody fusion rate,keeping the height ofinterbody space.This procedure is one of the effective operative methods in the treatment of huge disc herniation of C3、4.