title: Cervical root entrapment.
abstract: This article reviews the clinical syndromes of neck pain with referred pain, radiculopathy, and myelopathy caused by degenerative disorders of the cervical spine. Cervical spine pathology should be considered as a common cause of symptoms when evaluating with any patient with pain in the upper extremity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots