Proposing a Framework to Understand the Role of Imaging in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Enhancement of MRI Protocols Needed for Accurate Diagnosis and Evaluation

Affiliations

¹ Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Division of Neurosurgery and Spinal Program, University of Toronto and Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
⁴ University Spine Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Myelopathy Support, Myelopathy.org, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, Graduate Medical Education, New York, NY.
⁷ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, UK.

Carl M Zipser et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2022.

. 2022 Sep 1;47(17):1259-1262.

doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004389. Epub 2022 Jun 29.

¹ Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Division of Neurosurgery and Spinal Program, University of Toronto and Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
⁴ University Spine Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Myelopathy Support, Myelopathy.org, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, Graduate Medical Education, New York, NY.
⁷ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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