[The experts consensus on the surgical treatment and perioperative management of cervical spondylosis (2018)].

In order to standardize the surgical care and perioperative management for patients with cervical spondylosis, the Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Surgery has organized the several meetings with certain experienced spine surgeons regarding prevent complications related to surgical procedure, ensure the treatment safety as well as in improving the outcome efficacy. In the meantime, the relevant focused issues and repeated consulting have been reviewed and presented on a larger spectrum. By 2 years efforts, the consensus has been developed for patients with different types of cervical spondylosis. The principle of surgical treatment, including surgical approach, operating procedures, technical consideration, the patient selection and evaluation criteria of cervical spondylosis have been elucidated. The decision-making and management have been also recommended during preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative respectively. For the controversies of surgical strategy and related clinical issues of cervical spondylosis, the principled and guided advices have been addressed. Due to certain limitation, this consensus is only attempted to provide a recommend conclusion either for the clinical practice or related studies in treatment strategy for patients with cervical spondylosis. This consensus only provides academic guidance.