Adult patients with symptomatic cervical spondylotic myelopathy and magnetic resonance imaging evidence of spinal cord compression were enrolled at 12 trial centers from 2005 to 2007. Patients were followed prospectively for one year, at which point their outcomes were recorded.
The study found that surgical decompression surgery had improved the quality of life of those suffering from cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Complications from surgery experienced by trial participants were brief and expected.
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