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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Cervical discectomy
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a surgical procedure to treat nerve root or spinal cord compression by decompressing the spinal cord and nerve roots of the cervical spine in order to stabilize the corresponding vertebrae. This procedure is used when other non-surgical treatments have failed. The nucleus pulposus (the jelly-like center of the disc) of the herniated disc bulges out through the annulus (surrounding wall) and presses on the nerve root next to it. This nerve root becomes inflamed and causes serious pain. The problem can also be caused by degenerative disc disease...
Cervical discectomy - List of case studies
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fusion C5 inhibitor Eculizumab C5-6 and C6-7 discectomy and fusion CBT CCNU CHOLECYSTECTOMY COJEC scheme ... Central venous catheter Cerebral metastasectomy Cervical discectomy Cervical kinetic massage therapy (neuromotor treatment ...
- 1st and 2nd Motor Neuron Disease of ALS-type
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Discectomy L5-S1 ... Concerning this, the medical report of the encephalus+cervical spine MRI, with no contrast medium, performed on 12/2007, is reported: ... with gliotic processes . Signal anomalies on the cervical spinal cord, evident in the bilateral axial sequences but more ...
- Left cervicobrachialgia following cervical discectomy
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43-year-old male suffered of cervical disc herniation, and therefore C5-6 and C6-7 discectomy and fusion were done. About one year later he experienced acute ...
- Cervical pain and limitation of movement after 2 cervical spine surgeries
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Cervical myelopthy short_summary: ... For the last 5 years he suffers from pain at the cervical spine that is accompanied by feeling of pressure in this area and ... years ago he had a surgery. In the surgery a discectomy and artificial disc replacement was performed. The surgery ...
- Cervical myelopathy
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and C5-6 stenosis with myelomalacia, and a diagnosis of cervical myelopathy was established. The recommendations include anterior ... foraminotomy, spinal cord decompression, and partial discectomy. questions: ...
- Cervical Disk Hernia_3
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in intrinsic muscles. His diagnosis include stenosis (cervical spine C3-C7), rediculitis, degenerative disc disease and cervical ... to the anterior approach, a multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plate and screw instrumentation may be considered ...