Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy

Video Description

Dr. Shim explains what Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy is and how it can be performed to ease spinal nerve compression.

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Citations:

Bydon M, Mathios D, Macki M, de la Garza-Ramos R, Sciubba DM, Witham TF, Wolinsky JP, Gokaslan ZL, Bydon A. Long-term patient outcomes after posterior cervical foraminotomy: an analysis of 151 cases. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Nov;21(5):727-31. PubMed PMID: 25127430

Platt A, Gerard CS, O'Toole JE. Comparison of outcomes following minimally invasive and open posterior cervical foraminotomy: description of minimally invasive technique and review of literature. J Spine Surg. 2020 Mar;6(1):243-251. PubMed PMID: 32309662

Clarke MJ, Ecker RD, Krauss WE, McClelland RL, Dekutoski MB. Same-segment and adjacent-segment disease following posterior cervical foraminotomy. J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Jan;6(1):5-9. PubMed PMID: 17233284

Additional References:

https://thejns.org/spine/view/journals/j-neurosurg-spine/10/4/article-p343.xml