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Up to the present, 104 patients with cervical myelopathy caused by cervical disk lesions, have been operated on in our clinic. In the earlier years (i.e. up to 1969) when the criteria for operation were much narrower, a posterior decompression by laminectomy was carried out in 19 patients. When the anterior approach was developed, and particularly with the introduction of the operating microscope, the indications were extended. Thus, since 1969, 85 patients with cervical myelopathy have been operated on, after myelographic and discographic confirmation of a disk lesion.
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Hamel, E., Frowein, R.A., Karimi-Nejad, A. (1980). Classification and Prognosis of Cervical Myelopathy. In: Grote, W., Brock, M., Clar, HE., Klinger, M., Nau, HE. (eds) Surgery of Cervical Myelopathy. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67605-5_23
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