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Fig. 3

From: Relationship between developmental canal stenosis and surgical results of anterior decompression and fusion in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Fig. 3

Non-DCS patient with recurrent myelopathic symptoms 8 years after anterior fusion of C5 to C6. a Preoperative radiograph shows non-DCS at any level. b Preoperative MRI of this 55-year-old female shows severe compressions of the spinal cord at C5-C6 level as well as high signal intensity in the spinal cord. c Radiograph after initial surgery shows ACDF at C5-C6. d Radiograph 8 years after initial surgery shows osseous fusion of C5 to C6 and development of ASD at C4-C5. e MRI at 8-year follow-up shows development of ASD and spinal cord compression at C4-C5. f Radiograph after the second surgery shows ACDF at C4-5. ACDF, anterior cervical decompression and fusion; ASD, adjacent-segment degeneration; DCS, developmental canal stenosis, MRI, magnetic resonance imaging

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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