Multidimensional assessment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients. Usefulness of a comprehensive score system.
Fabio PilatoRosalinda CalandrelliMarisa DistefanoFrancesco Ciro TamburrelliPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2020)
This study demonstrates that CSS model taking into consideration functional assessment by mJOA score, neurologic evaluation, cervical MRI, and MEP may be a feasible method to predict outcome in patients candidate to surgery, supporting surgeon's decisions both for those patients candidate to surgery and for patients in whom a "wait and see" approach could be proposed.