Abstract:Objective To investigate the influence of posterior cervical minimally invasive laminoplasty on clinical efficacy and safety of cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients with ≥ 3 segments. Methods Eighty cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients with ≥ 3 segments were chosen from January 2016 to December 2017 in our hospital and randomly divided into 2 groups including control group (40 patients) with posterior cervical conventional laminoplasty and minimally invasive group (40 patients) with posterior cervical minimally invasive laminoplasty. The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, hospital staying time after operation, total treatment costs, JOA score, cervical curvature, cervical curvature index and cervical mobility before and after operation, and axial pain incidence of both groups were compared. Results There was no significant difference in the operation time, intraoperative blood loss, and hospital staying time after operation between 2 groups (P > 0.05). The total treatment costs of minimally invasive group were significant less than control group (P < 0.05). The JOA scores of 2 groups were significant higher after operation than before operation (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the JOA scores after operation between 2 groups (P > 0.05). The c cervical curvature, cervical curvature index, and cervical mobility of minimally invasive group were significant lower after operation than before operation (P < 0.05). The index above after operation of minimally invasive group were significant higher than those of control group (P < 0.05). Theaxial incidence of minimally invasive group were significant lower than that of control group (P < 0.05). Conclusion Posterior cervical minimally invasive laminoplasty in the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients with ≥ 3 segments can efficiently protect cervical curvature, improve cervical mobility, reduce treatment costs and axial pain risk, and has the same improvement effects of cervical nerve function.