title: Surgical treatment and outcomes of cervical radiculopathy.
abstract: Cervical radiculopathy, when resistant to conservative treatment, can require surgical treatment. There are numerous surgical treatment options available, such as posterior cervical foraminotomy, anterior cervical foraminotomy, anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion, and cervical disk arthroplasty. This article describes the surgical techniques, reviews their respective indications, and examines their outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Institute, University of Florida, 3450 Hull Road, Room 3341, Gainesville, FL 32607, USA. deckerc@ortho.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Decker
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D016896:Treatment Outcome