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Cervical X-rays were obtained to measure the C2\u20137 Cobb angle, C2\u20137 sagittal vertical axis (SVA), T1 slope (T1S) and ranges of motion (ROM). Cervical computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were collected to evaluate the cervical Hounsfield unit values (HU) and the relative cross-sectional area (RCSA) of paraspinal muscles, respectively. A total of 42 patients were included and the average follow-up period was 24.9 months. Among the patients, 24 cases (57.1%) had a LCL of more than 5\u00b0 at a 1-year follow-up and were labeled as members of the LCL group. The follow-up JOA scores were significantly lower in the LCL group (13.9 \u00b1 0.6 vs. 14.4 \u00b1 0.8, p = 0.021) and the mean JOA recovery rate was negatively correlated with LCL (r = \u22120.409, p = 0.007). In addition, LCL was positively correlated to the preoperative T1S, flexion ROM, flexion\/extension ROM and the RCSA of flexion\/extension muscles, while it was negatively correlated to extension ROM and the HU value of cervical vertebrae. Furthermore, multiple linear regression showed that preoperative T1S, mean HU value of cervical vertebrae, flexion\/extension ROM and the flexion\/extension RCSA were independent risk factors for LCL. Spine surgeons should consider these parameters before performing open-door laminoplasty.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12062119","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,9]],"date-time":"2023-03-09T01:35:37Z","timestamp":1678325737000},"page":"2119","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Preoperative Decreased Hounsfield Unit Values of Cervical Vertebrae and the Relative Cross-Sectional Area of Flexion\/Extension Paraspinal Muscles Are Novel Risk Factors for the Loss of Cervical Lordosis after Open-Door Laminoplasty"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Wenjun","family":"Hu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shaoguang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huihong","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510120, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jincheng","family":"Qiu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinlang","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dongsheng","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenjie","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anjing","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Yingfeng Road No. 33, Guangzhou 510130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"693","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-198310000-00003","article-title":"Expansive open-door laminoplasty for cervical spinal stenotic myelopathy","volume":"8","author":"Hirabayashi","year":"1983","journal-title":"Spine"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"379","DOI":"10.14245\/ns.1938272.136","article-title":"A Review of My Invention of Expansive Laminoplasty","volume":"16","author":"Hirabayashi","year":"2019","journal-title":"Neurospine"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1743","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-200012000-00008","article-title":"Curvature and range of motion of the cervical spine after laminaplasty","volume":"82","author":"Aita","year":"2000","journal-title":"J. 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