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Increasing Awareness of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Preventative Cause of Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Publisher Pubmed



Zipser CM1 ; Margetis K2 ; Pedro KM3, 31 ; Curt A1 ; Fehlings M4 ; Sadler I5, 8 ; Tetreault L6 ; Davies BM7, 8, 25 ; Kotter M7, 8 ; Kwon B9 ; Kurpad S10 ; Rahimimovaghar V11 ; Aarabi B12 ; Harrop J13 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Zipser CM1
  2. Margetis K2
  3. Pedro KM3, 31
  4. Curt A1
  5. Fehlings M4
  6. Sadler I5, 8
  7. Tetreault L6
  8. Davies BM7, 8, 25
  9. Kotter M7, 8
  10. Kwon B9
  11. Kurpad S10
  12. Rahimimovaghar V11
  13. Aarabi B12
  14. Harrop J13
  15. Guest J14
  16. Kalsiryan S15
  17. Mcnair A16
  18. Furlan J17, 18
  19. Houghton D8
  20. Sarewitz E8
  21. Carter J8
  22. Miller M8
  23. Boerger T10
  24. Howard P8
  25. Widdop S8
  26. Salzman C8
  27. Milligan J19
  28. Merli GJ20
  29. Chen R21
  30. Wilson JR4
  31. Rodriguespinto R22
  32. Wilson JRF23
  33. Kimmatkar N24
  34. Yurac R25
  35. Cameron L26
  36. Abdelwanis M27
  37. Costa BL28
  38. Betz M29
  39. Obadaseraye O30
  40. Wood L32
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
  2. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
  3. 3. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
  4. 4. Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  5. 5. Myelopathy Support, Myelopathy.org, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  6. 6. Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, Graduate Medical Education, New York, NY, United States
  7. 7. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  8. 8. Myelopathy.org, International Charity for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy, Bristol, United Kingdom
  9. 9. Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, Department of Orthopedics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  10. 10. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, United States
  11. 11. Department of Neurosurgery, Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  12. 12. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
  13. 13. Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
  14. 14. Department of Neurosurgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, The Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
  15. 15. KITE|Toronto Rehab|University Health Network. Clinic/Scientific Lead - Rocket Family Upper Extremity Clinic-Lyndhurst Site, Toronto, ON, Canada
  16. 16. Bristol Centre for Surgical Research, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
  17. 17. KITE Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
  18. 18. Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  19. 19. Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  20. 20. Jefferson Vascular Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
  21. 21. Krembil Research Institute, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  22. 22. Spinal Unit (UVM), Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitario do Porto - Hospital de Santo Antonio, Porto, Portugal
  23. 23. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
  24. 24. Government Medical College Nagpur, Nagpur, India
  25. 25. Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
  26. 26. University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s or Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  27. 27. Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Sohag Governorate, Egypt
  28. 28. Hospital de Sao Teotonio (Centro Hospitalar Tondela - Viseu, Epe), Coimbra, Portugal
  29. 29. University Spine Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
  30. 30. Orthopaedics and Trauma, Lagos, Nigeria
  31. 31. Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
  32. 32. Nottingham University Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Source: Spinal Cord Published:2021


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. © 2021, The Author(s).
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