Plasma and CSF concentrations of C4d and the circulating immune complex to C1q were measured in 27 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or cervical spondylosis. There was no significant difference among groups in plasma C4d or in plasma or CSF concentrations of the circulating immune complex to C1q. The ALS group, however, had a significantly higher CSF concentration of C4d than th...

Aim: To study cervical spondylosis of the nerve root treated using a Longs' bone reduction maneuver combined with silver needle acupuncture. Methods: 112 patients with cervical spondylosis of the nerve root were divided into treatment (group A) and control groups (group B). Patients in group A were treated with Longs' bone reduction maneuver combined with silver needle acupuncture therapy and p...

A prospective study of the patients suffering from cervical spondylosis treated with bowel nosodes was conducted with the objective to study their efficacy when prescribed on the basis of stool culture report. The stool cultures of 82 enrolled cases were done for isolation of non-lactose fermenting bowel organisms. On the basis of the presence of the predominant bacteria in the stool of patient...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. PURPOSE To assess the effect of non-kyphotic aligned congenital C3-4 synostosis on the adjacent segment in 10 patients. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE In the cervical spine, fusion disease at the adjacent motion segments may be a risk factor for potential neurological compromise and death. METHODS Radiograms of 10 patients 13 to 69 years of age presenting w...

Background The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of cervical Modic change (MC) in patients with cervical spondylosis and to develop a better understanding of the possible risk factors for the prevalence of MC. Methods Between January 2014 and April 2017, patients with cervical spondylosis were included in our study. All patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evalu...

IntrOductIOn Cervical Radiculopathy (CR) is a neurologic condition characterised by dysfunction of a cervical spinal nerve, the roots of the nerve, or both [1]. It is a clinical diagnosis based on a sclerotomal distribution of motor and/or sensory changes or complaints. Any process that causes impingement of exiting cervical nerve roots can lead to a radicular disorder. Impingement may be broug...

Cervical spondylosis and hypertension are all common diseases, but the relationship between them has never been studied. Patients with cervical spondylosis are often accompanied with vertigo. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is an effective method of treatment for cervical spondylosis with cervical vertigo that is unresponsive to conservative therapy. We report 2 patients of cervical spo...

BACKGROUND Free tissue reconstruction after ablation of head and neck malignancy often requires extensive cervical manipulation, which may exacerbate preexisting cervical spondylosis and result in progression to cervical myelopathy. We present a rare case of postoperative quadriplegia caused by cervical spondylotic myelopathy after head and neck reconstruction. METHODS AND RESULTS A 63-year-o...

A meta-analysis was performed to compare cervical arthroplasty with anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion for single-level cervical spondylosis. A comprehensive search was conducted with PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from January 1, 2000, to April 30, 2015. Random-effects models were used for heterogeneous data. Fixed-effects models were used for poole...