Does Early Surgical Treatment in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Have a Favorable Clinical Outcome and Impact on Quality of Life?
Michele Incerti, Paola M. F. Cristaldi, Andrea Parlangeli, Vittorio Ricciuti, Federica Balletti, Daniele Nicoli, Clarissa Cavadoli, Franco Servadei · 2026
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Operating early on a squeezed cervical cord paid off for most patients in a 2026 Italian case series by Michele Incerti and colleagues. Fifty-one people had neck spine surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy at the Policlinico di Monza between 2020 and 2023. Three quarters started with mild cord scores, and recovery was tracked with neurological scales and the SF-36 survey.
At follow-up, sixty-five percent had recovered fully, twenty-nine percent improved, and the rest held steady, with nobody worse. A mild starting score independently predicted complete recovery in adjusted analysis. Quality-of-life gains showed in mood, social life, pain, and general health, strongest in mild cases. Complications were few, at 5.8 percent, and limited to passing swallowing trouble.
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| CREATOR | Michele Incerti, Paola M. F. Cristaldi, Andrea Parlangeli, Vittorio Ricciuti, Federica Balletti, Daniele Nicoli, Clarissa Cavadoli, Franco Servadei |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23170 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |