Comparison Between Anterior and Posterior Decompression for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy With Multilevel Foraminal Stenosis

Anterior and posterior decompressive surgeries are reliable for the surgical treatment of DCM with multilevel foraminal stenosis and showed similar outcomes for both myelopathy and upper extremity radicular symptoms. The major etiology compromising the clinical outcome was a higher incidence of CASP in the anterior group and persistent or recurrent upper extremity radicular symptoms in the posterior group.