(a) Postoperative T1-weighted magnetic resonance image depicting appropriate decompression. (a) Postoperative T1-weighted magnetic resonance image depicting appropriate decompression. (b) T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging; besides appropriate decompression, the myelopathic patch at the craniovertebral junction is seen. ABOLFAZL RAHIMIZADEH et al. Int J Spine Surg 2018;12:549-556 ©International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Copyright © 2018 ISASS - This manuscript is generously published free of charge by ISASS, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery