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ArticleThe journal of spinal cord medicine2020

Outcome factors in surgically treated patients for cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

Jiolanda Zika, George A Alexiou, Sotirios Giannopoulos, Ioannis Kastanioudakis, Athanasios P Kyritsis, Spyridon Voulgaris

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Article in The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Nomogram for predicting the postoperative outcomes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy based on apparent diffusion coefficient.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
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  8. First neurological symptoms in degenerative cervical myelopathy: does it predict the outcome?European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jiolanda ZikaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
George A AlexiouDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Sotirios GiannopoulosDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7443-5179
Ioannis KastanioudakisDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Athanasios P KyritsisDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Spyridon VoulgarisDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Outcome Assessment, Health CareSpondylosisAge FactorsCervical VertebraeFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedPatientsProspective StudiesSpinal Cord DiseasesSurveys and QuestionnairesACDFCervical spondylotic myelopathyoutcomeSurgery

Identifiers

PMID30040606
PMCPMC7054977

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