Cite this: Complications of the Anterior Retropharyngeal Approach in Cervical Spine Surgery: A Technique and Outcomes Review - Medscape - Sep 01, 2000. Abstract and Introduction Methods ...

Prospective Comparative Study of Dysphagia after Subaxial Cervical Spine Surgery: Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Ossification, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12 ...

The spinal cord is an important part of the central nervous system that carries signals between the brain and the body. It is protected by the vertebral column, a series of bones that surround and ...

New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

Cervical pain, medically known as cervicalgia, refers to pain in the neck or spine below the head. It can cause problems involving stiffness, reduced motion, muscle spasms, and numbness, affecting ...

Nerve fibers from the third, fourth, and fifth spinal nerves emerge from the spinal cord in the neck. They come together to form the phrenic nerve in the neck, with the fourth cervical nerve ...

Among patients with chronic aphasia post-stroke, right neurotomy of the seventh cervical nerve (C7) plus intensive speech and ...

A high cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) is an injury in the upper neck between the first and fourth cervical vertebrae (C1 to C4). SCIs can damage the phrenic nerve that controls the diaphragm (the ...

The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm, which is the main muscle used for breathing. High cervical spinal cord injury can affect the phrenic nerve, which means that some people need a mechanical ...