Increasing awareness of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a preventative cause of non-traumatic spinal cord injury.
Authors
Margetis, Konstantinos
Pedro, Karlo M
Curt, Armin
Sadler, Iwan
Tetreault, Lindsay
AO Spine RECODE DCM Steering Committee
Members of the Diagnostic Criteria Working Group
Publication Date
2021-11Journal Title
Spinal Cord
ISSN
1362-4393
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
59
Issue
11
Pages
1216-1218
Language
en
Type
Article
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Zipser, C. M., Margetis, K., Pedro, K. M., Curt, A., Fehlings, M., Sadler, I., Tetreault, L., et al. (2021). Increasing awareness of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a preventative cause of non-traumatic spinal cord injury.. Spinal Cord, 59 (11), 1216-1218. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-021-00711-8
Abstract
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a common non-traumatic spinal cord disorder and characterized by progressive neurological impairment. Generally, it is still underdiagnosed and referral to spine specialists is often late, when patients already present with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). To improve early diagnosis and accelerate referral, diagnostic criteria for DCM are required. Recently, AO Spine RECODE- DCM (REsearch Objectives and Common Data Elements for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy) (aospine.org/recode), an international, interdisciplinary and interprofessional initiative, including patients with DCM, was funded with the aim to accelerate knowledge discovery that can change outcomes. In this perspective we advocate for the participation of SCI specialists in this process, where the expertise and perspective on this disorder and requirements for the diagnostic and therapeutic work up is well developed.
Keywords
Perspective, /692/617/375/1824, /692/699/375/1824, perspective
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s41393-021-00711-8, 711
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-021-00711-8
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/330189
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