Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have cervical stenosis despite not having any symptoms. The spinal cord is an important part of the central nervous system that carries signals ...

Only rarely, however, does such a hemangioma cause spinal-cord compression. Myelocompression by hemangioma of the cervical vertebral bodies is particularly unusual. Since early recognition and ...

Its sections are called the cervical spine, the thoracic spine, and the lumbar spine. Neural foraminal stenosis can occur at any spinal cord level, but it’s most common in the lumbar spine and ...

Often a history of symptoms and physical exam may lead to suspicion of spinal stenosis, however ... may vary depending on the cause of radiculopathy and location in the spine (cervical vs. lumbar).

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM ... increased rates of early spinal degeneration as well as spinal cord injury secondary to cervical spinal stenosis.5 While the exact mechanism remains unclear, ...

The use of smartphones for a long time has led to "tech neck", causing a hunched cervical spine and even spinal cord damage. A survey of 425 phone-using students revealed a 46.6 percent prevalence of ...