Cervical spondylotic myelopathy in wide canals.
The anteroposterior diameters of the cervical spinal canal in 21 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy were measured. In more than one-third (eight) of these it was found that this diameter of the canal was more than 14 mm, despite a widely held belief that this myelopathy is unlikely if the cervical spinal canal is wider than 14 mm in the AP diameter.
D006801:Humans; D009192:Myelography; D009333:Neck; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000473:pathology*