Degenerative cervical spondylosis: clinical syndromes, pathogenesis, and management. Instr Course Lect 2008;57:447-69
Date
04/11/2008Pubmed ID
18399602Scopus ID
2-s2.0-52649172272 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 15 CitationsAbstract
Degenerative changes in the cervical spinal column are ubiquitous in the adult population, but infrequently symptomatic. The evaluation of patients with symptoms is facilitated by classifying the resulting clinical syndromes into axial neck pain, cervical radiculopathy, cervical myelopathy, or a combination of these conditions. Although most patients with axial neck pain, cervical radiculopathy, or mild cervical myelopathy respond well to initial nonsurgical treatment, those who continue to have symptoms or patients with clinically evident myelopathy are candidates for surgical intervention.
Author List
Rao RD, Currier BL, Albert TJ, Bono CM, Marawar SV, Poelstra KA, Eck JCMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Cervical VertebraeDiagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging
Electrodiagnosis
Humans
Laminectomy
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Osteophytosis
