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Whats the difference between cervical spinal cord anterior abutment and cervical spinal cord anterior compression? please thank you
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Abutment: is "NEXT TO" , "touching", unlikely to cause harm.. Compression is "pressing on", very likely to cause symptoms although the time frame is not known. Hope this is helpful! Dr Z
Answered 12/14/2019
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