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The authors report their experience with treating 10 male patients in whom surgery was performed to correct cervical flexion myelopathy, and they evaluate the patients' surgical outcome.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\"><jats:italic>Methods.<\/jats:italic> The authors performed anterior decompressive surgery and fusion in the cervical spine by using a long bone graft after resection of one or two vertebrae in seven patients. The other three patients underwent posterior fusion of four or five laminae.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\">After surgery, symptom progression was stopped in all patients, muscle strength improved in seven, and sensory disturbance was alleviated in another two. 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