Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

Usually the first step is conservative treatment. Patients who have radicular symptoms but who do not have weakness or myelopathy can be treated conservatively. Conservative treatment can include ...

The FDA recently approved the Medtronic Prestige LP Cervical System for treating degenerative disc disease at two adjacent vertebral levels (between C3 and C7). The device is said to be Medtronic’s ...

SPONDYLOSIS cervicalis has been known to the medical profession for years under the name of "cervical hypertrophic arthritis" or "cervical hyper-trophic osteoarthritis." Although detailed knowledge of ...

Medtronic ($MDT) won FDA approval for its next-generation artificial disc for adult patients with neck pain or spinal cord injuries. The news is a feather in the ...

San Antonio-based orthopedic spinal surgeon Antonio Webb, MD, brings us into the operating room (OR) for an artificial disc replacement procedure. Following is a transcript of the video (note that ...

Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Associate Professor P McCrory, Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, ...

Pink had cervical disc replacement surgery over New Year’s. Here’s what chronic neck pain sufferers should know about the procedure.

LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a global medical device company with a spine and orthopedics focus, today announced the first patient implant in a U.S. Food ...

A NUMBER of conditions, relatively common at autopsy, only rarely become of clinical importance. An example involving the nervous system is cyst of the septum pellucidum, or fifth ventricle, which can ...