is decompressive surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy effective in patients suffering from concomitant multiple sclerosis or parkinson’s disease?

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A subset of patients with a demyelinating disease suffer from concurrent cervical spondylotic myelopathy, both of which evince similar symptomatology. Differentiating the cause of these symptoms is challenging, and little research has been done on patients with coexisting diseases. This review explores the current literature on the appropriate surgical management of patients with concurrent multiple sclerosis (MS) and cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), and those with both Parkinson’s disease (PD) and CSM. MS and CSM patients may benefit from surgery to reduce pain and radiculopathy. Surgical management in PD and CSM patients has shown minimal quality-of-life improvement. Future studies are needed to better characterize demyelinating disease patients with concurrent disease and to determine ideal medical or surgical treatment.
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Authors ;Taylor E. Purvis;Daniel Lubelski;Thomas E. Mroz
Journal bulletin of chemical reaction engineering & catalysis
Year 2017
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10.3390/brainsci7040039
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