The epidemiology of cervical spondylotic myelopathy
| Autor: | J. Blanco, J. R. Northover, J. B. Wild, J. R. Braybrooke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics genetic structures MEDLINE Myelopathy Age Distribution Risk Factors Epidemiology Spondylotic myelopathy Prevalence Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Sex Distribution Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Cervical spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging United Kingdom Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Orthopedic surgery Age distribution Observational study Female business |
| Zdroj: | Skeletal radiology. 41(12) |
| ISSN: | 1432-2161 |
| Popis: | This is an observational study looking at the epidemiology of cervical spondylotic myelopathy of patients presenting to our hospital.The notes and MRI scans of 41 patients presenting to the Leicester General Hospital with a clinical diagnosis of cervical myelopathy between January 2004 and December 2008 were reviewed retrospectively.Cervical myelopathy was found to be more common in male patients to the ratio of approximately 2.7:1, with an average age at diagnosis of 63.8 years. Multi-level disease was seen in the majority of patients, with C5/6 being the most commonly affected level.Cervical myelopathy predominantly affects men in their 7th decade of life. It is often a multi-level disease with C5/6 being the most commonly affected. It has little in common with cervical radiculopathy and is more analogous to lumber spinal stenosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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