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The Predictive Factors for the Aggravation of Cervical Alignment after Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy | Hyung Rae Lee, MD

 Keywords: posterior cervical foraminotomy,cervical alignment,postoperative kyphotic change,pfirrmann grade,Spurling's sign
 2021 Annual Meeting | Abstracts - Top Reviewed Sweet Sixteen Pt. II
Preexisting hypo-lordosis of cervical angle less than 10 degree was not a contraindication of postoperative cervical kyphotic change after posterior cervical foraminotomy (PCF). Older age and Pfirrmann grade of more than IV were risk factors for cervical alignment aggravation after PCF.