A cervical intervertebral disc can prolapse (hernia or rupture) asymptomatically or may produce neck pain, nerve root compression (radiculopathy) or spinal cord compression (myelopathy). Surgery is ...

Lastly, research on cervical disc degeneration and cervical spondylotic radiculopathy found that axial facet tropism was significantly associated with increased disc degeneration and the incidence ...

Today, we are doing a cervical artificial disc replacement ... His nerves are severely tight. He has a C6 radiculopathy, which means he has a pain that's radiating down the arm.

Surgery is typically indicated when six months of conservative therapy have not been successful, if there is a neurologic deficit attributable to the cervical disc disease or when the symptoms ...