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ReviewGlobal spine journal2026

AO Spine Clinical Practice Recommendations for Mild Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Contemporary Concepts.

Chris J Neal, Lukas Grassner, Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto, Nitin Agarwal, Aminul I Ahmed, David B Anderson, Paul Arnold, Nader Hejrati, Mahmoud Fouad Ibrahim, Konstantinos Margetis and 8 more

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Review in Global spine journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Chris J NealDepartment of Neurosurgery, Maine Health Maine Medical Center Portland, Portland, ME, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5072-6454
Lukas GrassnerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Christian Doppler Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria.
Ricardo Rodrigues-PintoSpinal Unit (UVM), Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.
Nitin AgarwalDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Aminul I AhmedWolfson SPaRC, King's College London, London, UK.
David B AndersonSydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Paul ArnoldLoyola University Medical Center, Chicago, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4622-7695
Nader HejratiDepartment of Neurosurgery and Spine Center, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Mahmoud Fouad IbrahimDepartment of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Assiut University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-6353-3689
Konstantinos MargetisDepartment of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3715-8093
Lindsay TetreaultMass General Brigham, Department of Neurology, Division of Neuromuscular, Boston, MA, USA.
Carl ZipserSpinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Charles André CarazzoSchool of Medicine, University of Passo Fundo/ São Vicente Do Paulo Hospital, Passo Fundo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6339-2214
Nathan EvaniewFoothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
James HarropDepartment of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Michael G FehlingsDivision of Neurosurgery and Spine Program University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5722-6364
Charles G FisherVancouver Spine Surgery Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Shekar KurpadFroedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Study DesignLiterature review with critical appraisal and clinical recommendations.ObjectiveTo highlight contemporary concepts involving the management of mild degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) and facilitate integration into clinical practice.MethodsFour articles relating to mild DCM were selected and critically appraised. Clinical practice recommendations were developed and evaluated using the GRADE framework and expert opinion.ResultsBased on low evidence in the Tetreault et al paper, it is

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Degenerative Cervical MyelopathyMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)Modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association Score (mJOA)Preoperative CounsellingSurgery

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PMID42784504
PMCPMC13612752

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