Stenosis and Neurological Level Discrepancies in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

ConclusionsLower motor neuron involvement in CSM is usually not concordant with the structural lesion. For accurate diagnosis and treatment, physicians should recognize that myotomal involvement in CSM is often due to canal stenosis one to four levels above the lesion.
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