Open AccessThe relation between cord signal and clinical outcome after anterior cervical discectomy in patients with degenerative cervical disc herniation
Author(s) -
Ali R. Hamdan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_262_17
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior cervical discectomy and fusion , magnetic resonance imaging , surgery , cord , neurosurgery , myelopathy , orthopedic surgery , retrospective cohort study , spinal cord compression , radiography , spinal cord , decompression , cervical vertebrae , radiology , cervical spine , psychiatry
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a cervical cord compressive lesion that occurs as a result of the normal degenerative process which may cause magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cord intensity changes that may worsen the clinical outcome even after successful anterior cervical decompression.