Cord compression defined by MRI is the driving factor behind the decision to operate in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy despite poor correlation with disease severity.

Cord compression defined by MRI is the driving factor behind the decision to operate in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy despite poor correlation with disease severity.

<h4>Objectives</h4>The mainstay treatment for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) is surgical decompression. Not all cases, however, are suitable for surgery. Recent international guidelines advise surgery for moderate to severe disease as well as progressive mild disease. The goal of...

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Main Authors: Bryn Hilton, Jennifer Tempest-Mitchell, Benjamin M Davies, Jibin Francis, Richard J Mannion, Rikin Trivedi, Ivan Timofeev, John R Crawford, Douglas Hay, Rodney J Laing, Peter J Hutchinson, Mark R N Kotter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226020

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226020

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