Comparative Therapeutic Effectiveness and Complications of Anterior Versus Posterior Surgical Approach in Non-Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (Non-OPLL) Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Farzin Farahbakhsh, Sepehr Khosravi, Vali Baigi, Seyed Danial Alizadeh, Morteza Gholami, Mahgol Sadat Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei, Amirmahdi Khayyamfar, Moein Khormali, Mohammad-Rasoul Jalalifar, Shahriar Ghashghaei, Ahmad Pour-Rashidi, Zahra Ghodsi, James D. Guest, Benjamin M. Davies, Bizhan Aarabi, Michael G. Fehlings, James S. Harrop, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

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DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2026.125372
Published: 2026-12
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.wneu.2026.125372,
  title = {Comparative Therapeutic Effectiveness and Complications of Anterior Versus Posterior Surgical Approach in Non-Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (Non-OPLL) Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis},
  author = {Farzin Farahbakhsh and Sepehr Khosravi and Vali Baigi and Seyed Danial Alizadeh and Morteza Gholami and Mahgol Sadat Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei and Amirmahdi Khayyamfar and Moein Khormali and Mohammad-Rasoul Jalalifar and Shahriar Ghashghaei and Ahmad Pour-Rashidi and Zahra Ghodsi and James D. Guest and Benjamin M. Davies and Bizhan Aarabi and Michael G. Fehlings and James S. Harrop and Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {World Neurosurgery},
  doi = {10.1016/j.wneu.2026.125372},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2026.125372}
}

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AU  - Vali Baigi
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AU  - Mahgol Sadat Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei
AU  - Amirmahdi Khayyamfar
AU  - Moein Khormali
AU  - Mohammad-Rasoul Jalalifar
AU  - Shahriar Ghashghaei
AU  - Ahmad Pour-Rashidi
AU  - Zahra Ghodsi
AU  - James D. Guest
AU  - Benjamin M. Davies
AU  - Bizhan Aarabi
AU  - Michael G. Fehlings
AU  - James S. Harrop
AU  - Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
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Farahbakhsh, F., Khosravi, S., Baigi, V., Alizadeh, S. D., Gholami, M., Tabatabaei, M. S. H. Z., Khayyamfar, A., Khormali, M., Jalalifar, M., Ghashghaei, S., Pour-Rashidi, A., Ghodsi, Z., Guest, J. D., Davies, B. M., Aarabi, B., Fehlings, M. G., Harrop, J. S., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2026). Comparative Therapeutic Effectiveness and Complications of Anterior Versus Posterior Surgical Approach in Non-Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (Non-OPLL) Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2026.125372

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