Cervical spondylosis causing vertebrobasilar insufficiency: a surgical treatment.
Although the most common aetiology of transient vertebrobasilar insufficiency is atherosclerosis, a similar syndrome may occasionally be produced by cervical osteophytes. The possibility of such a remedial lesion makes further investigation mandatory in such patients-especially if symptoms are associated with sudden movements of the head or neck. When vertebral compression results from osteophytes, it can be easily relieved by a minor modification of the usual anterior cervical fusion technique. This method has proved to be quite efficacious in two patients whose case histories are reported.
D000844:Ankylosis / Q000150:complications; D001488:Basilar Artery; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014711:Vertebral Artery