Preventive effect on postoperative C5 palsy of intraoperative local steroid use in cervical laminoplasty

JRCT ID: jRCTs051190101

Registered date:30/01/2020

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: cervical spondylotic myelopathy, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, etc
• Date of first enrollment: 17/03/2020
• Target sample size: 200
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): intraoperative local steroid use in cervical laminoplasty

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Onset of postoperative C5 palsy
• Secondary Outcome: drug eruption, adverse event

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 20age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both
• Include criteria: Patient underwent laminoplasty

Exclude criteria

1.Past cervical surgery, tumor, infection
2.Patients who can be adversely affected by steroid use
3.Patients with muscle weakness (manual muscle test score less than 3) of deltoid and biceps

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Usami Yoshitada