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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Cervical degenerative index (CDI) factor scoring

From: Cervical degenerative changes in idiopathic scoliosis patients who underwent long fusion to the sacrum as adults: incidence, severity, and evolution

Factors

CDI score

0

1

2

3

Disc space narrowing

None

25%

50%

75%

Endplate or facet sclerosis

None

Minimal

Moderate

Severe

Osteophytes

None

<2 mm

2–4 mm

>4 mm

Olisthesis

None

<3 mm

3–5 mm

>5 mm