Abstract:Objective To investigate the preoperative factors affecting cervical lordosis loss after laminoplasty in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).Methods From January 2022 to January 2025, 123 CSM patients admitted to our hospital were selected as the study subjects. They were divided into a severe loss of lordosis group (n = 35) and a non-severe loss of lordosis group (n = 88) based on the degree of lordosis loss. Baseline data and cervical sagittal parameters were collected and compared between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors influencing postoperative cervical lordosis loss.Results Patients in the severe loss group had higher rates of C2 or C7 involvement, higher preoperative cervical lordosis (CL), larger C7 slope, larger C2-C7 curvature, and greater flexion range of motion (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that involvement of C2 or C7 [O^R = 6.465 (95% CI: 1.544, 27.074) ], high preoperative CL [O^R = 1.404 (95% CI: 1.215, 1.621) ], large C7 slope [O^R = 1.299 (95% CI: 1.144, 1.476) ], high C2-C7 curvature [O^R = 3.323 (95% CI: 1.488, 7.423) ], and large flexion range of motion [O^R = 2.117 (95% CI: 1.584, 2.830) ] were all risk factors for severe loss of postoperative lordosis in CSM patients (P < 0.05).Conclusion Patients with CSM who have cervical injuries involving C2 or C7 are prone to severe loss of lordosis after laminoplasty; moreover, patients with larger preoperative values of cervical sagittal parameters are also more likely to experience loss of lordosis postoperatively.