This patient has multilevel cervical spondylosis and cervical radiculopathy. Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative process of the intervertebral disks and facet joints. Degeneration of ...

Updated FACET report provides two-year follow-up data. Patients with cervical radiculopathy have pain, sensory, and/or motor deficits caused by spinal degenerative nerve root compression.

When these nerve roots are compressed, it may cause painful or painless radiculopathy. Most commonly, radiculopathy is caused by a herniated disc, overgrown or arthritic joints or instability of the ...

With comparable outcomes at 2 years, posterior cervical foraminotomy may be an effective alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for patients with cervical radiculopathy, according ...

Recent-onset cervical radiculopathy is characterized by pain that radiates from the neck to the arm; motor and sensory deficits corresponding to the involved nerve can be present. Symptoms and ...

For patients with cervical radiculopathy, posterior foraminotomy provides outcomes comparable to those of the more commonly performed anterior cervical discectomy, reports a randomized clinical ...

I’m a 35-year-old male with an L4–L5 disc prolapse. My doctor advised surgery; is laser spine surgery safer than open surgery ...

Posterior cervical foraminotomy was noninferior to anterior cervical discectomy with fusion in success rate and arm pain at 1 year in patients with cervical radiculopathy, researchers reported in ...

MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with cervical radiculopathy, posterior surgery is noninferior to anterior surgery with respect to success rate and reduction in arm pain ...