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cervical spondylosis

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cervical spondylosis

Degenerative disease of the neck vertebrae. Compression of the spinal cord and cervical nerves by narrowing of spaces between vertebrae causes radiating neck or arm pain and stiffness, restricted head movement, headaches, spastic paralysis, and arm and leg weakness. Cervical spondylosis can resemble neurological disease with unrelated arthritis. It is treated with rest, traction, and possibly a cervical collar. Removal of herniated disks or fusion of vertebrae may be necessary.
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Patients were divided into one of the following groups on the basis of imaging findings: 1) one- or two-level herniated disc or cervical spondylosis (uncovertebral spurs or osteophytes), 2) multilevel herniated disc/spondylotic disease, or 3) craniocervical junction abnormalities.
Dynamic weight-bearing cervical magnetic resonance imaging: technical ... by Moriarty, Thomas M. / Southern Medical Journal
nbsp;arteries; postural hypotension; Stokes-Adams attacks; and mechanical compression from cervical spondylosis.
Evidence in practice by Reinking, Mark F. / Physical Therapy
Fusion rates in multilevel cervical spondylosis comparing allograft fibula with autograft fibula in 126 patients.
Reversal of delayed union of anterior cervical fusion treated with ... by Veninga, Francis D. / Southern Medical Journal
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