Cervical radiculopathy is a condition caused by a pinched nerve in your neck. It happens when your cervical spinal cord or nerve roots arising from it become compressed by the cervical vertebrae. Your ...
(HealthDay News) – Surgery with physical therapy results in a more rapid improvement during the first postoperative year for patients with cervical radiculopathy, compared to physical therapy alone, ...
Posterior percutaneous endoscopic cervical foraminotomy and discectomy (P-PECD) is a minimally invasive technique for the treatment of degenerative cervical radiculopathy. The O-arm, an intraoperative ...
WATCH: Why decompression surgery could help people suffering from CSM. Crystal Goomansingh reports. Numbness, tingling, falling, and neck pain. It’s a mix of symptoms and the root cause may be a ...
A noninvasive MRI technique that measures volumetric changes in paraspinal muscles could transform how doctors assess nerve ...
Nerve mapping technology allows surgeons to determine whether surgery has been effective for relieving pressure from compressed nerves, which often function poorly and cause sciatica or pain and ...
Background A 64-year-old woman presented to an outpatient clinic with a 2-year history of itch, burning sensation and intermittent paresthesias within the innervation territory of the sixth cervical ...
Cervical stenosis (CS) is the medical term for the narrowing of the spinal canal in the cervical or “neck” region of the spine. In CS, the upper part of the spinal canal becomes narrowed, compressing ...
Hamilton, ON (Nov. 26, 2014) - McMaster University researchers have found that current evidence does not support the routine use of minimally invasive surgery to remove herniated disc material ...