Selective muscle release (Matsuo’s method) was performed on five patients with cervical myeloradiculopathy due to athetoid cerebral palsy. After operation, their symptoms, including involuntary motion of the neck, neck pain, muscle weakness of upper extremities, improved. However, laminoplasty was performed on a patient with severe myeopathy. Using this procedure, cervical spinal segmental instability due to involuntary motion of the neck and hyper-tonus of cervical muscles was reduced. We believe that this procedure may be useful when selected for the treatment of cervical myeloradiculopathy combined with athetoid cerebral palsy, especially in patients showing mild neurological deficient.
