Open AccessEvaluation of modified Kumar and Kalra myelopathy scoring system in sub-axial spinal pathologies
Author(s) -
Anant Mehrotra,
Arun Kumar Srivastava,
Rabi Narayan Sahu,
Raj Kumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.144150
Subject(s) - medicine , myelopathy , scoring system , surgery , cervical spine , spinal cord , psychiatry
Various pathologies affect the spine, but these lesions present with more or less similar clinical profile. The present functional scoring systems are inadequate and insensitive to changes in neurological status of the patient.