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A 68-year-old patient develops progressive bilateral hand clumsiness, gait imbalance, hyperreflexia, and extensor plantar responses. What is the most important objective of spinal imaging in this clinical setting?
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To screen for occult traumatic injury
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To identify and assess spinal cord compression
3
To evaluate the result of previous spinal treatment
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To identify the operative spinal level intraoperatively
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To assess a spinal deformity
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