Cervical Spondylosis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Related eMedicine topics:
Central Cord Syndrome
Cervical Spondylosis, Diagnosis and Management
Degenerative Disk Disease
Disk Herniation
Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
Spinal Stenosis [Neurosurgery]
Spinal Stenosis [Orthopedic Surgery]
Spinal Stenosis [Radiology]
Spinal Stenosis and Neurogenic Claudication

Clinical guidelines:
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® chronic neck pain. American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society.  1998 (revised 2005).  7 pages. [NGC Update Pending] NGC:004629

Clinical trials:
Study and Surgical Treatment of Syringomyelia

The CSM Trial: A Multicenter Study Comparing Ventral to Dorsal Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy With Arthroplasty Compared With Discectomy With Fusion and Cage (ACDF)

Keywords

cervical spondylosis, spine, back pain, cervical spine, neck pain, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, spondylosis, surgery spine, herniated disk, radiculopathy, spine pain, spinal cervical, stenosis, cervical, cervical spine surgery, cervical spondylotic myelopathy, cervical myelopathy, cervical arthritis, degenerative spondylosis, cervical osteoarthritis, spine spondylosis, degenerative arthropathy of the cervical spine, facet joints, longitudinal ligaments, ligamentum flavum, chronic cervical degeneration, cervical disk degeneration, disk herniation, spur formation, nerve root compression, progressive spinal cord compression, foraminal stenosis, spinal canal stenosis, chronic neck pain, quadriparesis, sphincteric dysfunction, chronic suboccipital headache, cervical radiculopathy, acute herniated disk, cervical intervertebral disk degeneration, transverse lesion syndrome, motor syndrome, central cord syndrome, brachialgia, tandem spinal stenosis, neurogenic claudication, gait abnormality, dysphagia, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, elevated hemidiaphragm, Spurling sign, Lhermitte sign, Hoffman sign, degenerative disk disease

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Hassan Ahmad Hassan Al-Shatoury, MD, PhD, MHPE,, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Suez Canal University; Co-Director, Center of Research and Development in Medical Education and Health Services Suez Canal University Hospital
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Ayman Ali Galhom, MD, PhD, Lecturer (Associated Professor), Department of Neurosurgery, Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
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