Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect of both conservative and surgical treatment on cervical spinal cord injury without fracture and dislocation.Methods28 patients were divided into the surgical group (16 cases, treated with modified open door laminoplasty using anchor method and carried on early rehabilitation training) and conservative group (12 cases, treated with rehabilitation training after admission). All patients were assessed with JOA grade before and 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after treatment, and improvement rate was calculated.ResultsJOA grade of all patients increased after both surgical and conservative treatment ( P< 0.001), but the effect of surgical treatment was significant better than that of conservative treatment ( P< 0.001).ConclusionThe effect of early surgical treatment on cervical spinal cord injury without fracture and dislocation is superior to conservative treatment.

Key words: cervical spine, spinal cord injury, laminoplasty, rehabilitation