Other causes include spine trauma, rheumatoid arthritis and bone diseases. Some people may be born with a narrow vertebral canal in the neck. Flexing the neck may worsen symptoms. Often the history of ...

In cases of symptomatic cervical radiculopathy, surgery is indicated in cases that fail to respond to conservative treatment. Surgical approaches to the cervical spine are usually anterior or ...

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the patient's cervical and thoracic spine was obtained which revealed a syrinx (Figure 2). The syrinx was decompressed by a neurosurgeon, and the ...