ReviewJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma
Degenerative cervical myelopathy: Recent updates and future directions.
Review in Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Self-locking stand-alone cage versus cage-plate fixation in monosegmental anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with a minimum 2-year follow-up: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Pooled it
- Innovative Approaches for the Treatment of Spinal Disorders: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of orthopaedics and sports medicine · 2025Article
- Full endoscopic laminotomy decompression versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for the treatment of single-segment cervical spinal stenosis: a retrospective, propensity score-matched study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 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
- Update on imaging of the cervical spine in rheumatoid arthritis.Skeletal radiology · 2022Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
Advances in patient selection, surgical techniques, and postoperative care have facilitated spine surgeons to manage complex spine cases with shorter operative times, reduced hospital stay and improved outcomes. We focus this article on a few areas which have shown maximum developments in management of degenerative cervical myelopathy and also throw a glimpse into the future ahead. Imaging modalities, surgical decision making, robotics and neuro-navigation, minimally invasive spinal surgery, motion preservation, use of biologics are few of them. Through this review article, we hope to provide the readers with an insight into the present state of art in cervical myelopathy and what the future has in store for us.
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