title: Cervical myelopathy: overview and management.
abstract: Questions from patients about pain conditions and analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. The topics addressed in this issue are the neurological disorder of cervical myelopathy, associated symptoms and signs, potential causes, workup, and treatment options (including laminectomy and decompression surgery).
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA. lanny.hsu@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Lanny
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*