Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal in the neck. It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have ...

Compared to lumbar stenosis, there is greater risk of spinal cord compression with cervical stenosis since the spinal cord cannot move as freely as in the cervical canal. Spinal stenosis can ...

Before knowing about symptoms of spinal stenosis we need to know about what spinal stenosis is. To simplify it the word stenosis means narrowing. So this is a disease condition where the diameter ...

The cervical spine is a relatively mobile structure commencing ... Is asymptomatic spinal canal stenosis a risk factor for spinal cord injury and does an episode of transient quadriparesis predispose ...

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 ...

Although invasive cervical cancer may be suspected by inspection and palpation, histologic confirmation is essential to establish the diagnosis. If a patient is referred for the management of a ...

Neurological spine surgeon David Yam, MD, has joined the Spine Center at Prosser Memorial Health in Walla Walla, Wash. The ...