Life expectancy in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy is currently reduced but can be restored with timely treatment

[1] Adamova B(2017)Predictors of symptomatic myelopathy in degenerative cervical spinal cord compression Brain Behav 7 e00797-2557

[2] Kerkovsky M(2013)Measurement of long-term outcome in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated surgically Eur SpineJ : Off Publ Eur Spine Soc, Eur Spinal Deformity Soc Eur Sect Cervical Spine Res Soc 22 2552-2231

[3] Kadanka Z(2018)Patient phenotypes associated with outcome following surgery for mild degenerative cervical myelopathy: a principal component regression analysis Spine J 18 2220-E1266

[4] Dusek L(2018)Minimum clinically important difference in SF-36 scores for use in degenerative cervical myelopathy Spine 43 E1260-124

[5] Jurova B(2020)Degenerative cervical myelopathy - update and future directions Nat Rev Neurol 16 108-434

[6] Vlckova E(2019)Posterior surgical techniques for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: WFNS Spine Committee recommendations Neurospine 16 421-431

[7] Bednarik J(2008)Presymptomatics pondylotic cervical myelopathy: an updated predictive model Eur Spine J : Off Publ Eur Spine Soc, Eur Spinal Deformity Soc Eur Sect Cervical Spine Res Soc 17 421-1442

[8] Al-Tamimi YZ(2013)Delayed diagnosis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy by primary care physicians Neurosurg Focus 35 E1-932

[9] Guilfoyle M(2016)Subclinical respiratory dysfunction in chronic cervical cord compression: a pulmonary function test correlation Neurosurg Focus 40 E3-238

[10] Seeley H(2004)Moving beyond the neck and arm: the pain experience of people with degenerative cervical myelopathy who have pain The logrank test Bmj 328 1073-76S

[1] Adamova B(2017)Predictors of symptomatic myelopathy in degenerative cervical spinal cord compression Brain Behav 7 e00797-2557

[2] Kerkovsky M(2013)Measurement of long-term outcome in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated surgically Eur SpineJ : Off Publ Eur Spine Soc, Eur Spinal Deformity Soc Eur Sect Cervical Spine Res Soc 22 2552-2231

[3] Kadanka Z(2018)Patient phenotypes associated with outcome following surgery for mild degenerative cervical myelopathy: a principal component regression analysis Spine J 18 2220-E1266

[4] Dusek L(2018)Minimum clinically important difference in SF-36 scores for use in degenerative cervical myelopathy Spine 43 E1260-124

[5] Jurova B(2020)Degenerative cervical myelopathy - update and future directions Nat Rev Neurol 16 108-434

[6] Vlckova E(2019)Posterior surgical techniques for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: WFNS Spine Committee recommendations Neurospine 16 421-431

[7] Bednarik J(2008)Presymptomatics pondylotic cervical myelopathy: an updated predictive model Eur Spine J : Off Publ Eur Spine Soc, Eur Spinal Deformity Soc Eur Sect Cervical Spine Res Soc 17 421-1442

[8] Al-Tamimi YZ(2013)Delayed diagnosis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy by primary care physicians Neurosurg Focus 35 E1-932

[9] Guilfoyle M(2016)Subclinical respiratory dysfunction in chronic cervical cord compression: a pulmonary function test correlation Neurosurg Focus 40 E3-238

[10] Seeley H(2004)Moving beyond the neck and arm: the pain experience of people with degenerative cervical myelopathy who have pain The logrank test Bmj 328 1073-76S