The bones in the spinal column surround and protect the spinal cord, which runs behind the vertebral bodies in a canal from the neck down to the top of the ...
Show Transcript. The lumbar region of the spine, more commonly known as the lower back, consists of five vertebrae labeled L1 through L5. The lumbar region is ...
Show Transcript. The cervical spine, or neck, begins at the base of the skull and through a series of seven vertebral segments connects to the thoracic, or ...
Show Transcript. Spinal stenosis causes a constriction of the space for nerves in the spine. In the back of the lumbar spine, each vertebra has an opening that ...
The first step in the process is a trial period of spinal cord stimulation. The person is sedated, given a local anesthetic, or both. Next, thin wires with ...
Show Transcript. Cervical spinal stenosis with myelopathy is diagnosed when degenerative changes in the cervical spine cause spinal cord compression. The spinal ...
UCSF Radiologist Dr. Dillon describes what the spine imaging center looks for as symptoms of spinal stenosis. A person can be born with spinal stenosis or ...
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Commonly, the fracture results in a wedged shape vertebral body, as the bone in the front of the spine column collapses and loses height, but leaves the back of ...
An anterior cervical discectomy involves removing a cervical herniated disc in order to relieve spinal cord or root pressure to alleviate corresponding ...
Orthopaedic spine surgeon Lee Riley, M.D., answers questions about degenerative spine conditions such as spinal arthritis and the various symptoms, causes and ...