Clinical recovery after 5 level of posterior decompression spine surgeries in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A retrospective cohort study

Summary: Background/Objective: The selection of surgical technique in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy relies on the surgeon(s) and patients' conditions. The objectives of the study were to test the hypotheses that French-door laminoplasty recovers faster than laminectomy and has good outcome measures. Methods: Data regarding surgical, radiological, and clinical outcome measures of 330 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy operated under French-door laminoplasty (fdLP group, n = 110), open-door laminoplasty (odLP group, n = 110), or laminectomy (LC group, n = 110) were collected from the records of institute and analyzed. Results: Patients of fdLP group (p