ReviewBrain sciences2017
Is Decompressive Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Effective in Patients Suffering from Concomitant Multiple Sclerosis or Parkinson's Disease?
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Surgical Outcomes of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy in Patients with Parkinson Disease: A Systematic Review.Global spine journal · 2026Review
- The Essence of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy, 2020.Spine surgery and related research · 2024Article
- Association between cervical disc disease and lesions of multiple sclerosis.The neuroradiology journal · 2021Article
- Early Recurrent Symptoms After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Done for Myelopathy.International journal of spine surgery · 2021Article
- Impact of cervical stenosis on multiple sclerosis lesion distribution in the spinal cord.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2020Article
- Pathophysiology and Imaging Diagnosis of Demyelinating Disorders.Brain sciences · 2018Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
A subset of patients with a demyelinating disease suffer from concurrent cervical spondylotic myelopathy, both of which evince similar symptomatology. Differentiating the cause of these symptoms is challenging, and little research has been done on patients with coexisting diseases. This review explores the current literature on the appropriate surgical management of patients with concurrent multiple sclerosis (MS) and cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), and those with both Parkinson's disease (PD) and CSM. MS and CSM patients may benefit from surgery to reduce pain and radiculopathy. Surgical management in PD and CSM patients has shown minimal quality-of-life improvement. Future studies are needed to better characterize demyelinating disease patients with concurrent disease and to determine ideal medical or surgical treatment.
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