Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a common condition that can be difficult to manage in physical therapy. A number of interventions, such as manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, and patient education have typically been used in some combination. However, the evidence regarding thrust manipulation of not only the local but also adjacent segments is sparse. Specifically, the use of cervicothor...

Introduction: We present the unexpected findings of a 59-years-old female patient who was admitted for an imaging investigation after the exclusion of rheumatoid arthritis and recurring carpal tunnel syndrome she was operated on both hands several years earlier. Case presentation: Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine revealed severe scoliosis in the cervicothoracic junction with bic...

We present a case of an extensive cervicothoracic gangliocytoma in an asymptomatic 9-year-old boy with progressive scoliosis. MR findings were that of a moderately enhancing cervicothoracic intramedullary mass, which throughout most of its length could not be distinguished from the normal spinal cord.

OBJECTIVE Surgical management of spinal metastases at the cervicothoracic junction (CTJ) is highly complex and relies on case-based decision-making. The aim this multicentric study was to describe surgical procedures for CTJ provide guidance clinical management. METHODS Patients eligible were those with (C7–T2) who had been consecutively treated in 2005–2019 7 academic institutions across Europ...

Correct screw placement is especially difficult in the upper thoracic vertebrae. At the cervicothoracic junction (C7-T2), problems can arise because of the narrowness of the pedicle and the difficulty of using a lateral image intensifier there. Other upper thoracic vertebrae (T3-6) pose a problem for screw insertion also because of the narrower pedicle. We inserted 154 pedicle screws into 78 ve...

INTRODUCTION In previous studies, it was reported that the incidence of postoperative axial pain was lower in C3-C6 laminoplasty than in C3-C7 laminoplasty, emphasizing the effectiveness of the former procedure where discission of the nuchal muscles that are attached to the C7 spinous process is avoided 1), . However, there have been no detailed anatomic studies of the attachment of the nuchal ...