AO Spine RECODE-DCM: Why Prioritize Research in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy?

Benjamin M Davies^{1

2

3}, Brian K Kwon^{3

4}, Michael G Fehlings^{3

5}, Mark R N Kotter^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Academic Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
² Myelopathy.org, United Kingdom.
³ AO Spine Knowledge Forum Spinal Cord Injury, AO Foundation, Davos, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Blusson Spinal Cord Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁵ Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Benjamin M Davies et al. Global Spine J. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):5S-7S.

doi: 10.1177/21925682211035379.

Benjamin M Davies^{1

2

3}, Brian K Kwon^{3

4}, Michael G Fehlings^{3

5}, Mark R N Kotter^{1

2

3}

¹ Academic Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
² Myelopathy.org, United Kingdom.
³ AO Spine Knowledge Forum Spinal Cord Injury, AO Foundation, Davos, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Blusson Spinal Cord Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁵ Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

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1. Pope DH, Mowforth OD, Davies BM, Kotter MR. Diagnostic delays lead to greater disability in degenerative cervical myelopathy and represent a health inequality. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020;45(6):368–377. doi:10.1097/brs.0000000000003305 - PubMed