# Fusion or no Fusion After Decompression of the Spinal Cord in Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

> **NCT04936074** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Uppsala University Hospital** · enrollment: 300 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Muscle preserving selective laminectomy
- **PROCEDURE:** Laminectomy with instrumented fusion

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04936074
- **Lead sponsor:** Uppsala University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2022-02-21
- **Primary completion:** 2030-02-01
- **Final completion:** 2033-02-01
- **Target enrollment:** 300 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-08

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04936074

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04936074, "Fusion or no Fusion After Decompression of the Spinal Cord in Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04936074. Licensed CC0.

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