Degenerative cervical myelopathy—update and future directions

JH Badhiwala, CS Ahuja, MA Akbar, CD Witiw… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the leading cause of spinal cord dysfunction in
adults worldwide. DCM encompasses various acquired (age-related) and congenital …

Neurological and spinal manifestations of the Ehlers–Danlos syndromes

FC Henderson Sr, C Austin, E Benzel… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a heterogeneous group of heritable connective
tissue disorders characterized by joint hypermobility, skin extensibility, and tissue fragility …

Toll-like receptors in health and disease in the brain: mechanisms and therapeutic potential

ML Hanke, T Kielian - Clinical science, 2011 - portlandpress.com
The discovery of mammalian TLRs (Toll-like receptors), first identified in 1997 based on their
homology with Drosophila Toll, greatly altered our understanding of how the innate immune …

Degenerative cervical radiculopathy: diagnosis and conservative treatment. A review

B Kuijper, JTJ Tans, RJ Schimsheimer… - European journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Degenerative cervical radiculopathy: clinical diagnosis and conservative treatment. A
review. To provide a state‐of‐the‐art assessment of diagnosis and non‐surgical treatment of …

The biomechanics of cervical spondylosis

LA Ferrara - Advances in orthopedics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is the major risk factor that contributes to the onset of cervical spondylosis. Several
acute and chronic symptoms can occur that start with neck pain and may progress into …

[HTML][HTML] Cervical degenerative disc disease

J Fakhoury, TJ Dowling - 2020 - europepmc.org
Objectives: Describe the risk factors for the development of cervical degenerative disk.
Identify the different patient populations and their corresponding presenting symptoms …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison between anterior and posterior decompression with instrumentation for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: sagittal alignment and clinical outcome

M Cabraja, A Abbushi, D Koeppen, S Kroppenstedt… - Neurosurgical …, 2010 - thejns.org
Object A variety of anterior, posterior, and combined approaches exist to decompress the
spinal cord, restore sagittal alignment, and avoid kyphosis, but the optimal surgical strategy …

The role of DTI in early detection of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a preliminary study with 3-T MRI

B Kara, A Celik, S Karadereler, L Ulusoy… - Neuroradiology, 2011 - Springer
Introduction The radiological diagnosis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) has to be
made as soon as possible, since surgery performed in earlier stages during the course of …

[HTML][HTML] Lack of uniform diagnostic criteria for cervical radiculopathy in conservative intervention studies: a systematic review

EJ Thoomes, GGM Scholten-Peeters, AJ de Boer… - European spine …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose Cervical radiculopathy (CR) is a common diagnosis. It is unclear if intervention
studies use uniform definitions and criteria for patient selection. Our objective was to assess …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and clinical impact of cervical facet joint degeneration on degenerative cervical myelopathy: a novel computed tomography classification study

A Okamoto, Y Takeshima, S Yokoyama, F Nishimura… - Neurospine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To evaluate cervical facet joint degeneration using a newly developed
classification, investigate its prevalence and relationship with cervical degenerative …