To study the effects of acupuncture and tuina by stages on cervical curvature, serum interleukin-4, interleukin-8 tumor necrosis factor-alpha in patients with spondylosis. A total 94 spondylosis admitted from June 2020 to 2021 were divided into control group through random number table 47 cases each group. Patients treated stages. One course treatment was 21 d both groups for 2 courses. The cli...

Cervical spondylosis is a common condition. It is often associated with brachial neuralgia and occasionally it produces spinal cord compression. Although the bony changes may be very obvious on radiographic examination, clinically the disease may not be severe. The real importance of the bony and soft-tissue changes in this condition lies in their effect on adjacent structures. Although the inc...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. OBJECTIVE Because single-level disk arthroplasty or arthrodesis in the lower subaxial spine improves headaches after surgery, we studied whether this effect may be better appreciated after two-level arthroplasty. METHODS We performed an independent post hoc analysis of two concurrent prospective randomized investigational device exemption trials for cervical ...

The surgical treatment of cervical spondylosis and resulting cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy has evolved over the past century. Surgical options for dorsal decompression of the cervical spine includes the traditional laminectomy and laminoplasty, first described in Asia in the 1970's. More recently the dorsal approch has been explored in terms of minimally invasive options including forami...

This is the first report of cutaneous-evoked tinnitus in the absence of posterior fossa surgery. A 56-year-old physician described brief bursts of clicking tinnitus in the right ear in response to rubbing a tiny area over the spine of the right scapula. He had cervical spondylosis and mild, stable, high-frequency, right-sided sensorineural hearing loss. Similarities to somatosensory Mitempfindu...