PubMed · 6484129
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S A McDonald. The lateral cervical.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6484129/
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Poor overall outcome and a high incidence of postoperative kyphosis and progressive myelopathy have driven surgeons away from decompressive laminectomy as a treatment for multilevel cervical spondylosis. Dr. Henry Bohlman advocates anterior decompression and fusion as the best approach to the pathophysiology of this disorder, while Dr. Kiyoshi Hirabayashi believes that laminoplasty represents an excellent strategy for patients with degenerative disease, as well as those with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
We report on a girl with Klippel-Feil anomaly, type A1 brachydactyly, and minor facial anomalies. She has an apparently balanced de novo reciprocal translocation between 5q11.2 and 17q23. The possible significance of this chromosomal abnormality is discussed.