Impact of Symptom Duration on Surgical Outcomes and Functional Recovery in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Although neurological recovery exceeded the MCID even after five years of symptoms, patient-reported physical function fell below the MCID beyond two years. This discrepancy underscores the importance of performing surgical intervention within two years of symptom onset to optimize both clinical and patient-centered outcomes.
Authors
- Satoshi Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7287-6998)
- Narihito Nagoshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8267-5789)
- Masaya Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2279-7028)
- Hitoshi Kono
- Yoshiomi Kobayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5536-5205)
- Reo Shibata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4204-4058)
- Masahiro Ozaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9055-264X)
- Takahito Iga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7869-7421)
- Toshiki Okubo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0912-7422)
- Junichi Yamane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8001-0302)
- Morio Matsumoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1934-6998)
- Kazuki Takeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3857-4985)
- Takahiro Kitagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6746-8546)
- Tatsuya Yamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9935-9985)
- Kanehiro Fujiyoshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6278-3934)
- Kota Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6113-9163)
Institutions
- Keio University (JP)
- Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department (JP)
- Murayama Medical Center (JP)
- Shizuoka Red Cross Hospital (JP)
- Keiyu Orthopedic Hospital (JP)
- National Hospital Organization (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005515
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00