Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging predictors of the surgical outcomes of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy

A longer duration of symptom, multisegmental T2HSCs on sagittal MR images, and fuzzy focal T2HSCs on axial MR images were highly predictive of a poor surgical outcome for CSM. Smaller transverse area of the SC and bright T2HSCs were also associated with the prognosis of CSM.