Preoperative pain hypersensitivity is associated with axial pain after posterior cervical spinal surgeries in degenerative cervical myelopathy patients: a preliminary resting-state fMRI study

Key points DCM patients exhibited pain hypersensitivity preoperatively compared to healthy participants. The pain hypersensitivity is associated with postoperative axial pain intensity in DCM. MCC ALFF could be used to predict occurrence of PAP in DCM.