1–3 While many patients with cervicocephalic artery dissection present with cerebral ischemia, symptoms can be nonspecific including isolated headache and cervical pain. 4–6 Rates of cervicocephalic ...

Your cervical spine contains seven vertebrae (C1 to C7), with six intervertebral discs and eight nerve roots. The spinal cord travels inside the vertebral column constructed from the front by ...

Abstract: There is very limited research published in the literature that applies content-based image retrieval (CBIR) techniques to retrieval of digitized spine X-ray images using a combination of ...

There are cervical and lumbar disc replacement devices. The artificial disc is designed to preserve the natural motion of the spine while remaining securely fixed to the surrounding vertebral bones.

This is characterized by arthritic deterioration of the discs and facet joint cartilage of the cervical spine. Some people experience no symptoms, while others may feel stiffness and/or pain in the ...

Phase of play that produces the most severe neurological outcomes. Predominant type of cervical spine injury. Primary vertebral level of cervical spine injury. A comprehensive and systematic search of ...

27 The PREMIER study evaluated the use of Pipeline Flex in the treatment of small to medium sized (<12 mm) unruptured wide neck aneurysms in primarily the ICA (95% of the aneurysms) and vertebral ...

Biplane fluoroscopic guidance is used. Coding: 22899 Discussion: An unlisted code is used because there is no CPT code for vertebral augmentation in the cervical spine. It is not correct to use the ...

The pain aggravated with tilting the head to an opposite direction. Plain X-ray of the cervical spine was unremarkable and an MRI of the cervical spine revealed a normal sagittal profile but axial ...

What is lumbar disk disease? The vertebral column, or backbone, is made up of 33 vertebrae that are separated by spongy disks. The spine is divided into 4 areas: Cervical spine. The first 7 vertebrae, ...

“BVNA is a minimally invasive and innovative procedure that targets a key source of this pain, particularly in patients with specific MRI findings,” spine surgeon Jad Khalil, MD, said in the release. ...