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. 2022 Dec;164(12):3181-3183.
doi: 10.1007/s00701-022-05364-x. Epub 2022 Sep 22.

Neurological recovery rate and minimal clinically important difference as metrics for assessing outcomes of decompressive surgery in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy

Laura Ganau  1 , Gianfranco K I Ligarotti  2 , Mario Ganau  3
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Neurological recovery rate and minimal clinically important difference as metrics for assessing outcomes of decompressive surgery in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy

Laura Ganau et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2022 Dec.
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Keywords: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Degenerative cervical myelopathy; Frailty; Modified Japanese Orthopedic Association; Patient-reported outcome measures.

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