It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have cervical stenosis despite not having any symptoms. The spinal cord is ...

Recovery from spinal stenosis surgery can vary based on what type of procedure was performed and the number of vertebrae operated on. Activity restrictions will be put in place during the initial ...

What is lumbar spinal stenosis? Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back (lumbar spine). The spinal canal houses the spinal cord and nerves. The narrowing caused by ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

Spinal stenosis is a complication that occurs when spinal nerves are compressed by narrowing of the spinal space. Stenosis affecting the spine (cervical spine at the neck, lumbar spine of the back) ...

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Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably. Approximately 90% are squamous cell carcinomas, and the remaining 10% are ...

While endovascular treatment of those conditions is well‐established, stenting of vertebral artery (VA) compression stenosis due to cervical facet hypertrophy is uncommon. We describe a case of VA ...

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A new approach to treating cervical cancer could help people with locally advanced cervical cancer live longer. This includes cancers that have spread beyond the cervix, but have not yet spread to ...

The BBC spoke to six people - including Erica, Jessica and Jack - who have had their first cervical screening in the last six months People not knowing about options to make their cervical ...