Use Of Diffusion Tensor Tractography as an Adjunct In The Diagnosis and Support in the Timely Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

Abstract

Cervical degenerative myelopathy is a chronic, progressive disease. It is a dysfunction of the spinal. Cord that can commonly be caused by a number of conditions, including deterioration of the osteocartilaginous components of the cervical spine, which is often related to aging. Diagnosis is clinical and by cabinet imaging. Diffusion tensor tractography, being a non-invasive technique, is considered an adjunct to the T2 sequence, which reveals spinal cord deterioration in people with early stage cervical spondylosis before those changes were visible on conventional magnetic resonance imaging, thus improving clinical outcome and patient management. The therapeutic options that currently exist appear to produce an improvement in neurological function in those with progressive disease or intolerable symptoms.