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- Title
Od komprese krční míchy k degenerativní cervikální myelopatii.
- Authors
Bednařík, Josef
- Abstract
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a consequence of a degenerative disease of the cervical spine leading to stenosis of the cervical canal and eventually to compression of the cervical spinal cord. DCM involves about 2% of the population and despite all accessible therapeutic options it could lead to a significant disability. Signs of cervical spinal cord compression detected with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), however, end up in clinically symptomatic myelopathy in a smaller part of individuals with compression, while the rest remains without clinical symptoms and signs of cervical myelopathy – so called non-myelopathic degenerative cervical cord compression (NMDCC). The prevalence of NMDCC increases with age and in a population older than 60 years of age NMDCC involves at least one third of individuals. The review recapitulates current knowledge on a natural course of NMDCC, predictors of progression into DCM stage and a role of innovative quantitative MRI techniques in both research and practical management of degenerative cervical compression.
- Subjects
SPINAL cord compression; CERVICAL cord; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; CERVICAL spondylotic myelopathy; SYMPTOMS; CERVICAL vertebrae
- Publication
Neurologie Pro Praxi, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
1213-1814
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36290/neu.2022.044