MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING STUDY ON SPINAL-CORD PLASTICITY IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL COMPRESSION MYELOPATHY

被引：62

作者：

FUKUSHIMA, T

IKATA, T

TAOKA, Y

TAKATA, S

机构：

[1] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Tokushima

来源：

SPINE | 1991年 / 16卷 / 10期

关键词：

NEUROPLASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL COMPRESSION MYELOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC MYELOGRAPHY;

D O I：

10.1097/00007632-199110001-00016

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Spinal cord plasticity in 55 patients with cervical compression myelopathy was assessed with magnetic resonance imaging, by which the transverse area of the spinal cord was measured at the site of maximum compression before and after surgery and compared with the conventional modalities of computed tomographic myelography. A high correlation (r = 0.901, P < 0.01) was observed between the preoperative measurements of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic myelography. The preoperative transverse area was in good correlation with the preoperative Japanese Orthopaedic Association score (r = 0.466, P < 0.01). In most patients with a spinal cord area of less than 0.45 cm2, the clinical results were poor despite considerable morphologic restoration of the spinal canal obtained after decompression surgery, reflecting an irreversible pathology developed in the spinal cord.

引用

页码：S534 / S538

页数：5

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