Cervical spinal stenosis

Cervical spinal stenosis is a bone disease involving the narrowing of the spinal canal at the level of the neck. It is frequently due to chronic degeneration,^[1] but may also be congenital. Treatment is frequently surgical.^[1]

Cervical spinal stenosis is one of the most common forms of

Diagnosis

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Treatments

Nonsurgical treatment

Potential nonsurgical treatments include:^[citation needed]

• Education about the course of the condition and how to relieve symptoms
• Medicines to relieve pain and inflammation, such as
  acetaminophen or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  (NSAIDs)
• Exercise, to maintain or achieve overall good health, aerobic exercise, strength training muscles that support the neck and spine, core exercises, and posture correction.
• Weight loss, to relieve symptoms and slow the progression of the stenosis
• Physical therapy, to provide education, instruction, and support for self-care; physical therapy instructs on stretching and strength exercises that may lead to a decrease in pain and other symptoms

Surgery

Potential surgical treatments include:

• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion – A surgical treatment of nerve root or spinal cord compression by decompressing the spinal cord and nerve roots of the cervical spine with a discectomy to stabilize the corresponding vertebrae.
• vertebrae
  (cutting through on one side and merely cutting a groove on the other) and then "swinging" the freed flap of bone open.
• lamina of the vertebra is removed or trimmed to widen the spinal canal and create more space for the spinal nerves and thecal sac.^[4]

• Spinal stenosis

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