Investigation of axial symptoms after cervical laminoplasty, using questionnaire survey

In this survey, axial symptoms were not usually so severe as to require analgesic use and did not worsen the Japanese Orthopaedic Association score after surgery; symptoms were, however, considered to continuously affect everyday life as much as hand numbness. Regarding their features, we speculate the main characteristics of axial symptoms might be pain and that the nuchal region might be the predominant region for axial symptoms. Our data are consistent with the hypothesis that laminoplasty is not, as such, an effective treatment for axial neck pain and that axial symptoms may in fact be worsened by the procedure.