Hawkins J C, Yaghmai F, Gindin R A
J Neurosurg. 1978 Feb;48(2):297-301. doi: 10.3171/jns.1978.48.2.0297.
The authors report the case of a patient with cervical myelopathy who was examined at autopsy 2 years after a second anterior cervical fusion by Cloward's technique. The clinical course and pre- and postoperative myelograms are presented. Theories as to the etiology of myelopathy are discussed. This case demonstrates chronic changes that seem to implicate a vascular theory but not the specific vessel or vessels. The mechanism of improvement following the Cloward procedure is not explained by the pathological slides.
作者报告了一例颈椎脊髓病患者的病例，该患者在采用克劳德技术进行第二次颈椎前路融合术后2年接受了尸检。文中呈现了其临床病程以及术前和术后的脊髓造影图像。讨论了脊髓病病因的相关理论。该病例显示出一些慢性变化，这些变化似乎支持血管理论，但未明确具体涉及的血管。病理切片无法解释克劳德手术后病情改善的机制。
