ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020
Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Brief Review of Past Perspectives, Present Developments, and Future Directions.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
- Demyelination in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of autopsy and imaging studies.Neurosurgical review · 2026Pooled it
- Neurofilaments support the differentiation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from degenerative cervical myelopathy.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Evidence on Natural History, Nonoperative Management, and Multimodal Surveillance in Mild to Moderate Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Scoping Review.Global spine journal · 2026Review
- Epidemiology of hospitalization and surgical therapy in degenerative cervical myelopathy: A Nationwide discharge-based twenty year analysis.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
- MYNAH Registry: A novel approach to decoding the natural history of degenerative cervical myelopathy.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Article
- CALM1 polymorphism in degenerative cervical myelopathy of the Indian cohort.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 · 2025Article
- A preclinical study on cell therapy as an adjunct to surgical decompression in degenerative cervical myelopathy via accelerating blood spinal cord barrier reconstitution and neurological recovery.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Article
- Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy in a Veteran Chiropractic Patient Referred for Lumbar Radicular Pain: A Case Report.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2025Article
- Editorial: Surgical approaches and outcomes in cervical and thoracic myelopathies.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- A minimum data set-Core outcome set, core data elements, and core measurement set-For degenerative cervical myelopathy research (AO Spine RECODE DCM): A consensus study.PLoS medicine · 2024Article
- Sex-specific alterations in functional connectivity and network topology in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Updates in current concepts in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2024Review
- Influence of Central Sensitization on Surgical Outcomes of Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy After Posterior Decompression Surgery: A Multicenter Prospective Study.Global spine journal · 2024Article
- The Prevalence of Asymptomatic Cervical Spinal Cord Compression in Individuals Presenting With Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Meta-Analysis.Global spine journal · 2024Review
- Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy-Diagnostics and Clinimetrics.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Association Between Trigeminal Neuralgia and Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Cross-Sectional Study using United States Data.Neurology and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- We Choose to Call it 'Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy': Findings of AO Spine RECODE-DCM, an International and Multi-Stakeholder Partnership to Agree a Standard Unifying Term and Definition for a Disease.Global spine journal · 2024Article
- The Association between High Preoperative MRI-based Vertebral Bone Quality (VBQ) Score and Titanium Mesh Cage Subsidence after Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
- Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging indices are related to electrophysiological dysfunction in degenerative cervical myelopathy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Overview.Cureus · 2023Review
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the most common cause of spinal cord injury in developed countries; its prevalence is increasing due to the ageing of the population. DCM causes neurological dysfunction and is a significant cause of disability in the elderly. It has important negative impacts on the quality of life of those affected, as well as on their caregivers. DCM is triggered by a variety of degenerative changes in the neck, which affect one or more anatomical structures, including intervertebral discs, vertebrae, and spinal canal ligaments. These changes can also lead to structural abnormalities, leading to alterations in alignment, mobility, and stability. The principle unifying problem in this disease, regardless of the types of changes present, is injury to the spinal cord due to compression by static and/or dynamic forces. This review is partitioned into three segments that focus on key elements of the past, the present, and the future in the field, which serve to introduce the focus issue on "Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy and the Aging Spine". Emerging from this review is that tremendous progress has been made in the field, particularly in recent years, and that there are exciting possibilities for further advancements of patient care.
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