PET predicts outcomes for patients with cervical spinal cord compression - Metabolic

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For patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy, imaging with 18F-FDG positron emission tomography (PET) could act as a marker for a potentially reversible phase of the disease in which substantial clinical improvement can be achieved. According to research published in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, patients who exhibited hypermetabolism at the point of compression in their spine experienced improved outcomes after undergoing decompressive surgery. Cervical spinal stenosis is a condition in which the spinal canal narrows in the neck...
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