Degenerative disc disease typically begins when small tears appear in the disc wall, called the annulus. These tears can cause pain. 典型的退变性椎间盘疾病从椎间盘壁小的撕裂开始。椎间盘壁称为纤维环。这些撕裂会引起疼痛。 Disc ...
Pain from cervical degenerative disc disease is usually felt as a stiff neck, but it can also radiate into the shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers, depending on which nerves are being compress or irritated. 因颈椎间盘退...
randomized, controlled multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-C total disc replacement versus anterior discectomy and fusion for the treatment of 1-level symptomatic cervical disc disease. Spine J 9:275–286 ...
The two most common types of surgery for cervical degenerative disc disease are: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) This procedure is done through the front of the neck and involves removing the problematic disc, decompression of the nerve root, and insertion of...
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusionTherapyBACKGROUND Cervical degenerative disc(CDD)disease is a common type of spondylosis.Although anterior cervical discectomy and fusion(ACDF)is the preferred treatment for CDD disease,internal fixation with a titanium plate may cause various complications.The ...
Degenerative disc disease is secondary to degenerative changes within the intervertebral disc and may also manifest the vacuum phenomenon in long‐standing degenerated discs. From: Textbook of Clinical Neurology (Third Edition), 2007 About this pageAdd to MendeleySet alert ...
Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is associated with spinal pain often leading to long-term disability. However, the non-chondrodystrophic canine intervertebral disc is protected from the development of DDD, ostensibly due to its retention of notochordal cells (NC) in the nucleus pulposus (NP). In...
A Patient's Guide to Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease Introduction The intervertebral discs in the lower spine are commonly blamed for low back pain. Yet low back pain has many possible causes, and doctors aren't always certain why symptoms occur. During
discectomy fusion Lumbar Laminectomy The lamina forms a roof-like structure over the back of the spinal column. When the nerves in the spinal canal are squeezed by a degenerated disc or by bone spurs pushing into the canal, a laminectomy removes most, or all of the lamina to release pressu...
Patients with lumbar disc herniation that require surgery are most commonly treated withmicro-discectomyor other minimally invasive techniques to simply remove the herniated disc without destabilizing the spine. The indications to perform this procedure or others can be confusing and requires clear communi...