Anterior corpectomy has a higher postoperative JOA score and neurological recovery rate than posterior laminoplasty for the treatment of multilevel cervical myelopathy.
Anterior corpectomy also has significant higher reoperation rate, operation time and blood loss compared with posterior laminoplasty for the treatment of multilevel cervical myelopathy.
The results of this meta-analysis can be conducive to clinical surgeons to select the most effective for multilevel cervical myelopathy.