Fujiwara H, et al. - Authors probed the association among axial neck pain; a newly developed patient-based quality of life outcome measure, the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Cervical Myelopathy Evaluation Questionnaire (JOACMEQ); and cervical sagittal alignment after open-door laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy. Neck pain was seen to have a significant negative correlation with cervical spine function (CSF) in both the cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) groups preoperatively and in the OPLL group postoperatively. Experts did not note a significant correlation between radiographic cervical sagittal alignment and preoperative or postoperative axial neck pain.