Table 1.
Case reports and case series reporting patients with cervical degenerative cysts and outcomes
| Authors and year | Number of cases | Age (mean ± SD, years) | Intervention | Country | Male:female | Duration of symptoms (mean ± SD, mos) | Location | Radiculopathy (n) | Claudication (n) | Preoperative spondylolisthesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present series | 2 | 80 ± 3 | ③ | China | 2:0 | 1 ± 0.5 | L4-5(1); L5–S1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trummer, M., et al., 2001 | 19 | 65 ± 10.4 | ① | Austria | 12: 7 | L3–4(2); L4–5(15); L5–S1(2) | 19 | 2 | 6 | |
| Pirotte et al., 2003 | 46 | 62.2 | ① | Belgium | 8:38 | 6.82 ± 3.97 | L2–3(1); L3–4(3); L4–5(34); L5–S1(11) | 46 | 11 | 4 |
| Sandhu, F.A., et al., 2004 | 17 | 64.2 ± 10.8 | ③ | American | 7: 10 | L3-4(1); L4-5(14); L5–S1(2) | 17 | 0 | 8 | |
| Khan, A.M., et al., 2005 | 39 | 63.3(43–81) | ① | American | 28:11 | L2–3(3); L3–4(8); L4–5(27); L5–S1(2) | 31 | 34 | 32 | |
| Sehati, N., et al., 2006 | 19 | 63.6 ± 9.9 | ③ | American | 9:10 | L3–4(2); L4–5(16); L5–S1(1) | 16 | 1 | 2 | |
| James, A., et al., 2012 | 16 | 66.5 ± 10.7 | ③ | American | 6:10 | L3–4(5); L4–5(9) L5–S1(2) | 9 | 7 | 9 | |
| Landi et al., 2012 | 15 | 66.6 | ① | Italy | 6:9 | 7.76 | L2–3(1); L3–4(1); L4–5(8); L5–S1(5) | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Jankowski et al., 2012 | 11 | 59 | Poland | 5:6 | 2–72 | L3–4(1); L4–5(9); L5–S1(1) | 9 | 5 | 1 | |
| Rhee, J., et al., 2012 | 2 | 69.5 ± 21.9 | ③ | American | 0:2 | Many mos | L4–5(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Komp, M., et al., 2014 | 74 | 52(31–78) | ② | Germany | 32:62 | 2.07 | L1–2(2); L2–3(4); L3–4(5); L4–5(52); L5–S1(17) | 74 | ||
| Zhenbo, Z., et al., 2014 | 24 | 59.7 | ① | China | 10:14 | 22.4 | L3–4(3); L4–5(15); L5–S1(6) | 10 | ||
| Knafo, S., et al., 2015(1) | 18 | 63.6 | ① | France | 8:12 | T12–L1(1); L3–4(1); L4–5(13); L5–S1(5) | 15 | 3 | 3 | |
| Knafo, S., et al., 2015(2) | 3 | 68 ± 12.5 | ③ | France | 0:3 | L3–4(1); L4–5(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scholz, C., et al., 2015(1) | 6 | 53 | ① | Germany | 1:5 | 4 | L4–5(4); L5–S1(2) | |||
| Scholz, C., et al., 2015(2) | 2 | 55.5 ± 2.1 | ③ | Germany | 0:2 |
1 mos to several years |
L4–5(2) | 0 | ||
| Sukkarieh, H.G., et al., 2015 | 13 | 66 ± 11 | ③ | American | 5:8 | L3–4(4); L4–5(9) | 11 | 2 | 4 | |
| Klessinger, 2016 | 38 | 66 ± 10.3 | Germany | 19:19 | 6.3 | L2-3(1); L3–4(6); L4–5(26); L5–S1(5) | 37 | 1 | 0 | |
| Birch, B.D., et al., 2016 | 40 | 65 ± 9.6 | ③ | American | 13:27 | 6.5 | L3–4(3); L4–5(29); L5–S1(8) | 39 | 1 | 15 |
| Denis, D.R., et al., 2016 | 53 | 50.5 ± 23.3 | ③ | American | 26:27 | L3–4(7); L4–540); L5–S1(6) | 53 | 18 | ||
| Krzok, G., et al., 2016 | 2 | 50.5 ± 23.3 | ② | American | 1:1 | 7.5 | L3–4(1); L4–5(1) | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kulkarni et al., 2017 | 30 | 67 | ③ | India | 18:12 | L3–4(4); L4–5(23); L5–S1(3) | 8 | |||
| Bruder, M., et al., 2017 | 140 | 65.18 | ① | Germany | 50:90 | 6.4 | L1–2(2); L2–3(3); L3–4(29); L4–5(87); L5–S1(19) | 131 | 42 | 33 |
| Domenicucci, M., et al., 2017 | 34 | 63 | ① | Italy | 13:21 | 4.73 | L2–3(1); L3–4(3); L4–5(20); L5–S1(10) | 34 | 14 | |
| Hwang, J.H., et al., 2017 | 3 | 64.3 ± 7.5 | ② | Korea | 2:1 | L3–4(1); L4–5(2) | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lista-Martínez, O., et al., 2017 | 10 | 70.2 | ① | Spain | 5:5 | L3–4(4); L4–5(6) | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Oertel, J.M., et al., 2017 | 11 | 59 | ② | Germany | 4:7 | L4–5(8); L5–S1(3) | 10 | 4 | ||
| Vergara, P., et al., 2017(1) | 13 | 70 | ① | England | 7:6 | L3–4(1); L4–5(11); L5–S1(1) | 4 | |||
| Vergara, P., et al., 2017(2) | 24 | 68 | ③ | England | 13:11 | L1-2(1); L3–4(6); L4–5(16); L5–S1(1) | 9 | |||
| Bruder, M., et al., 2018 | 123 | 70.8 | ① | Germany | 42:81 | L1-2(2); L2-3(2); L3–4(26); L4–5(77); L5–S1(16) | 29 | |||
| Akbary, K., et al., 2019 | 13 | 60.3 ± 13 | ② | Korea | 9:4 | L3–4(2); L4–5(10); L5–S1(1) | 13 | 17 | ||
| Heo, D.H., et al., 2019 | 10 | 57.3 | ② | Korea | 5:5 | L3–4(4); L4–5(6); | ||||
| Landriel, F., et al., 2019 | 19 | 60.2 ± 11.7 | ③ | Argentina | 13:8 | 6.9 | L3–4(2); L4–5(13); L5–S1(3); S1-2(1) | 16 | 2 | 11 |
| Rahim, T., et al., 2019 | 283 | 63.4 | ① | Germany | 97:194 | 5.5 | L1-2(10); L2-3(6); L3–4(59); L4–5(167); L5–S1(41) | 283 | 232 | 86 |
| Telfeian, A.E., et al., 2019 | 2 | 61 ± 14.1 | ② | American | 0:2 | L4–5(1); L5–S1(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wu, H.H., et al., 2019 | 8 | 62 ± 19.6 | ② | England | 4:4 | 2.38 | L2–3(1); L4–5(5); L5–S1(2) | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Rosenstock T., et al., 2020 | 111 | 64 | ① | Germany | 55:55 | 2 | L3–4(19); L4–5(67); L5–S1(17); L5–S1(8) | 97 | 42 | 36 |
| Rolemberg Dantas, F.L.,et al., 2020 | 50 | 63.3 ± 9.78 | ① | Brazil | 18:32 | 5 | L3–4(1); L4–5(38); L5–S1(11) | 44 | 10 | 21 |
| Tacconi, L., et al., 2020 | 35 | 52(26–79) | ② | Italy | 18:17 | 2.75 | L3–4(6); L4–5(28); L5–S1(1) | 0 | ||
| Hellinger, S., et al., 2020 | 47 | 60.58 ± 12.32 | ② | Germany | 21:26 | 3 | L3–4 (6); L4–5 (32); L5–S1 (9) | 47 | 0 | |
| Page et al., 2021 | 104 | 63.2 ± 11.4 | ① | American | 50:54 | T12–L1 (1); L1–2 (1); L2-3 (4); L3–4 (13); L4–5 (63); L5–S1 (22) | 88 | 26 | ||
| Soriano Sánchez, J.A., et al., 2021 | 33 | 62.88 ± 9.92 | ③ | Mexico | 8:25 | 48.76 | L3–4(2); L4–5(23); L5–S1(9) | 32 | ||
| Lalanne, L. B., et al., 2022 | 69 | 57.8 (36–79) | ① | Chile | 26:43 | 3 | L3–4 (16); L4–5 (44); L5–S1 (8); other (1) | 69 | ||
| Chesney, K., et al., 2022 | 85 | 65 (37–86) | ③ | American | 43:42 | L2-3 (1); L3–4 (14); L4–5 (61); L5–S1 (10) | 81 | 22 | 43 | |
| Francavilla TL., et al., 2022 | 117 | 59 ± 11 | ③ | American | 63:54 | at least 1.5 | 23 |
①: traditional open surgical approach; ②: endoscopic approach; ③: microscope with tubular retractors