Hirayama Disease–Dynamic Cervical Compressive Myelopathy: An Indian Perspective

Abstract

Introduction: Hirayama disease is a rare form of dynamic cervical flexion myelopathy. The incidence is more in Asian countries, like Japan, India, etc. Early diagnosis and treatment is the mainstay for the prognosis for this disease. Materials and methods: Our aim is to assess the outcome of anterior cervical stabilization in this disease. We had six patients who was diagnosed to have Hirayama disease in our center and underwent anterior cervical stabilization. Results: All six patients had fair to good outcome according to Odom’s criteria.