Cervical Steroid Injections Are Not Effective for Prevention of Surgical Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.

Mustfa K ManzurAndre M SamuelAvani S VaishnavCatherine Himo GangEvan D ShehaSheeraz A Qureshi

Published in: Global spine journal (2021)

While cervical steroid injections continue to be commonly performed in patients with DCM, there is an overall increased odds of surgery after any type of cervical injection. Therefore injections should not be used to prevent surgical management of DCM.

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