neck pain, pain in the shoulders, pain in the upper back, tingling or numbness in your hands, and even a loss of the natural curve of the spine, says Steven Knauf, vice president of ...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of tranexamic acid in reducing blood loss ... in spine surgery. [9] They enrolled 64 patients of whom 18 had multilevel anterior cervical ...

Your spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that runs down the center of your spine. Some of these nerves spread out to your arms, legs, and other body parts.‌ Cervical ... as the loss of bladder ...

There are several forms of spinal ... the neck. This risk is still very small and can be managed with antibiotics and wound care if it occurs. In severe cases, an infection may require a second ...

A normally aligned spine will have lordosis in the lumbar region (lower back) and cervical (neck) region, and kyphosis in the thoracic (chest) region. The amount of curvature in each part of the spine ...

Neck arthritis also can affect the ability to work or perform normal daily activities. Severe cases can lead to complications that include a loss of bladder or bowel control, which requires medical ...

Background Clinical decision rules (CDRs) are commonly used to guide imaging decisions in cervical spine injury (CSI ... Five children (0.5%) had CSIs. Loss to telephone follow-up rate was 6.8%. As ...

The directions of the spinal curves alternate per region. This means that when viewing the body in profile, the neck, and low back, respectively called the cervical and lumbar spines, go forward. This ...

For most of my life, I was afraid to become a mother—partially because I had a traumatic childhood myself. Once I got into a ...

Karla Flores was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. A misplaced MRI found a second, nearly inoperable, tumor on her spine.

After a yoga injury led to slipped discs, a U.K. woman is struggling with symptoms of early cauda equina syndrome, a spinal ...