New treatment for 'arthritis of the spine' prevents paralysis

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

In a world-first, decompression surgery has been shown to be an effective procedure to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) – a common progressive, degenerative disease of the spine that can lead to paralysis – according to the results of a multi-centre clinical trial.

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