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With the use of Amipaque better myelographic diagnosis in the region of the cervical spinal cord has become possible. Leaving aside patients with radicular pain because of a cervical disc herniation, we want to consider those who show signs and symptoms of spinal cord compression. During the last two years we have operated upon 16 patients with clear signs of medullary compression produced by a cervical slipped disc. The first three were first submitted to decompression laminectomy. Because of the impossibility of eliminating the cause of the compression by a posterior approach, all patients underwent a new myelographic study with Amipaque, in which a clear view of the pathological disc was obtained. At the second operation the disc was removed by an anterior approach.
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Franco, A., Matricali, B. (1980). Anterior Disc Surgery in Cases 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_10
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