Cervical spinal stenosis is a bone disease involving the narrowing of the spinal canal at the level of the neck. It is frequently due to chronic degeneration,[1] but may also be congenital. Treatment is frequently surgical.[1]
Cervical spinal stenosis is one of the most common forms of spinal stenosis, along with lumbar spinal stenosis (which occurs at the level of the lower back instead of the neck). Thoracic spinal stenosis, at the level of the mid-back, is much less common.[2] Cervical spinal stenosis can be far more dangerous by compressing the spinal cord. Cervical canal stenosis may lead to serious symptoms such as major body weakness and paralysis. Such severe spinal stenosis symptoms are virtually absent in lumbar stenosis, however, as the spinal cord terminates at the top end of the adult lumbar spine, with only nerve roots (cauda equina) continuing further down.[3]
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lumbar spinalstenosis, at the level of the lower back, and cervicalspinalstenosis, which are at the level of the neck. Thoracic spinalstenosis, at the...
Thoracic spinalstenosis, at the level of the mid-back, is much less common. Cervicalspinalstenosis can be far more dangerous by compressing the spinal cord...
Spinalstenosis may also affect the cervical or thoracic region, in which case it is known as cervicalspinalstenosis or thoracic spinalstenosis. Lumbar...
Other common causes include disc herniation, spinalstenosis, trauma, and spinal tumors. Spinalstenosis results from bony growths (osteophytes) or thickened...
pain by the nape and left shoulder, showing a stenosis in the intervertebral foramen of cervicalspinal nerve 4, corresponding with the affected dermatome...
of the foramen magnum and then enters the spinal canal at the beginning of the cervical vertebrae. The spinal cord extends down to between the first and...
Secondary osteophytes may cause stenosis for spinal nerves, manifesting as radiculopathy. Congenital cervical spine stenosis commonly occurs due to short...
system infections including abscesses Spinal disc herniation Cervicalspinalstenosis and Lumbar spinalstenosis Hydrocephalus Head trauma (brain hemorrhages...
infarction Sacroiliac joint dysfunction Spinalstenosis Spondylosis or spondylolisthesis In the majority of cases spinal disc herniation can be treated successfully...
JA (March 2016). "Epidural Injections for Lumbar Radiculopathy and SpinalStenosis: A Comparative Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". Pain Physician...
spinalstenosis and impingement on the spinal cord by a tumor or intervertebral disc. Anterior spinal artery syndrome also known as anterior spinal cord...
needed. In the lumbar spine it is commonly used to treat spinal claudication caused by spinalstenosis, and is considered the most effective treatment for...
brachial plexus and cervical plexus. The cervicalspinal nerves emerge from above the cervical vertebrae. For example, the cervicalspinal nerve 3 (C3) passes...
Whiplash, strained a muscle or another soft tissue injury Cervical herniated disc Cervicalspinalstenosis Osteoarthritis Vascular sources of pain, like arterial...
predisposition for spinal disease, and 20 some years of head banging will exact a toll. I've been diagnosed with an ugly case of cervicalspinalstenosis and two...
vessels called the internal vertebral venous plexuses.[citation needed] Spinalstenosis is a narrowing of the canal which can occur in any region of the spine...
within the vertebra (spinalstenosis); or narrowing of the space through which a spinal nerve exits (vertebral foramen stenosis) with resultant inflammation...
the corresponding spinal nerve and dorsal root ganglion that exit the spinal canal. From top to bottom, the vertebrae are: Cervical spine (neck): 7 vertebrae...
neck) causes spinal cord compression. In younger dogs such as Great Danes less than two years of age, wobbler disease is caused by stenosis (narrowing)...
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downward but become smaller in the coccyx. There are seven cervical vertebrae (but eight cervicalspinal nerves), designated C1 through C7. These bones are,...
spinalstenosis and herniated disks. MRI and CT scans are often used pre- and post surgery to determine if the procedure was successful. The spinal cord...
vertebral column straightens after flexion. Hypertrophy can cause spinalstenosis. They appear yellowish in colour due to their high elastic fibre content...
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