Treatment of degenerative cervical disc disease.
The different clinical presentations and treatment options available to treat neck pain from degenerative disc disease have been discussed. With proper patient selection, good correlation between clinical and radiographic findings, and selecting the correct procedure for each patient, surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy and myelopathy can be one of the most gratifying operations performed in neurosurgery.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots