A cervical foraminotomy is a procedure that decompresses a nerve in the neck. A spine surgeon removes bone or disc pieces that are pressing on the nerves that go from your neck to your arm. The ...

Surgery for spinal stenosis of the neck aims to relieve compression and improve symptoms. Spinal stenosis is a compression of nerves in the spine. The condition most commonly affects the lumbar spine, ...

For decades, anterior cervical discectomy fusion has been the gold-standard surgery to relieve pain from a herniated disc in the neck, but a new procedure is delivering better outcomes and reducing ...

March 6, 2012 (Vienna, Austria) — The use of ultrasound to guide transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TF-ESIs) for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy is an effective radiation-free ...

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 ...

What Is the Cervical Spine? Where Is the Cervical Spine Located? A long, flexible column extending through most of your upper body, the spinal column consists of seven bones called vertebrae. The ...

Dr. J. Alex Sielatycki, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon at Colorado Advanced Orthopedics (CAO), has noticed a surge in requests for his orthopedic spine procedures. As a result, he will increase ...

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