Cervical Fixation Surgery Cervical Collar for Management of Hirayama Disease: A Randomized Study
Hirayama Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hirayama Disease focused on measuring Hirayama disease, cervical collar, posterior cervical fixation surgery
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: All the following: Age ≥ 18 years Patients with Hirayama disease as per the following criteria (All of the following) (16): Clinical evidence of wasting and weakness confined to one limb (EMG evidence of denervation in the opposite limb will not be a reason for exclusion) Progressive course, or initial progression followed by stationary course; and No evidence of a compressive lesion of the spinal cord. Disease duration of ≤4 years Progression of clinical symptoms in the past six-months Exclusion Criteria: Any of the following: Refusal to consent for randomization Not willing to come for three- and six-months follow-up
Sites / Locations
- Deepti VibhaRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Surgical arm
Cervical collar arm
Will undergo posterior cervical fixation surgery within 4 weeks of randomization
Will be given cervical collar for regular use