Increasing awareness of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a preventative cause of non-traumatic spinal cord injury
Journal
Spinal Cord
ISSN
1362-4393
1476-5624
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Carl M. Zipser
Konstantinos Margetis
Karlo M. Pedro
Armin Curt
Michael Fehlings
Iwan Sadler
Lindsay Tetreault
Benjamin M. Davies
Mark Kotter
Benjamin Davies
Brian Kwon
Carl Zipser
Shekar Kurpad
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
Bizhan Aarabi
James Harrop
James Guest
Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan
Angus McNair
Julio Furlan
Iwan Sadler
Delphine Houghton
Ellen Sarewitz
Julia Carter
Margot Miller
Timothy Boerger
Paige Howard
Shirley Widdop
Carla Salzman
Jamie Milligan
Geno J. Merli
Robert Chen
Jefferson R. Wilson
Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto
Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto
Jamie R. F. Wilson
Nitin Kimmatkar
Jamie Milligan
Benjamin Davies
YURAC BARRIENTOS, RATKO JOVAN
Lucy Cameron
Carl Zipser
Mohamed Abdel-Wanis
Ellen Sarewitz
Bruno Lourenço Costa
Shirley Widdop
Michael Betz
Oke Obadaseraye
Karlo Pedro
Lianne Wood
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a common non-traumatic spinal cord disorder and characterized by progressive neurological impairment. Generally, it is still underdiagnosed and referral to spine specialists is often late, when patients already present with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). To improve early diagnosis and accelerate referral, diagnostic criteria for DCM are required. Recently, AO Spine RECODE- DCM (REsearch Objectives and Common Data Elements for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy) (aospine.org/recode), an international, interdisciplinary and interprofessional initiative, including patients with DCM, was funded with the aim to accelerate knowledge discovery that can change outcomes. In this perspective we advocate for the participation of SCI specialists in this process, where the expertise and perspective on this disorder and requirements for the diagnostic and therapeutic work up is well developed.</jats:p>
Subjects
cervical vertebrae
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humans
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spinal cord diseases
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spinal cord injuries
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awareness
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cervical myelopathy
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cervical spinal cord injury
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decompression surgery
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degenerative disease
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early diagnosis
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human
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medical specialist
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nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
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research diagnostic criteria
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review
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symptom assessment
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treatment planning
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cervical vertebra
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complication
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spinal cord disease
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spinal cord injury