Editorial: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy

The authors of this study are to be commended for their efforts at determining the cost-effectiveness/ cost utility of surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).1 We are moving from an age in which the question was “does the surgery work?” to one in which the question is “what is the value of the surgery?” In the current health care environment, we have significantly constrained resources and nearly unlimited requirements for...