Abstract
We studied elderly patients over 70 years old who underwent laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Operations were performed on 21 patients over 70 years old at the time of operation from 1995 at the Kumamoto City Hospital. These patients were reviewed and compared with patients below 69 years old in this study. Clinical results were evaluated by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association scoring system. The operative results of patients over 70 were not significantly different from those of patients below 69. But we found that the recovery of the lower motor function of elderly patients was apparently worse than that of younger patients statistically.
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