Prediction of the risk of C5 palsy after posterior laminectomy and fusion with cervical myelopathy using a support vector machine: an analysis of 184 consecutive patients.

Journal: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to predict C5 palsy (C5P) after posterior laminectomy and fusion (PLF) with cervical myelopathy (CM) from routinely available variables using a support vector machine (SVM) method.

Authors

  • Haosheng Wang
    Department of Orthopedics, Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
  • Zhi-Ri Tang
    School of Microelectronics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
  • Wenle Li
    Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, 530000, People's Republic of China.
  • Tingting Fan
    Department of Endocrinology, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
  • Jianwu Zhao
    Department of Orthopedics, Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
  • Mingyang Kang
    Department of Orthopedics, Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
  • Rongpeng Dong
    Department of Orthopedics, Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
  • Yang Qu
    Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China.