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Cervical Spine: Plain Radiography Philip A. Meinhardt Alden R. Milam Bruce V. Darden II Plain radiography has long been the primary means of imaging the cervical spine. This method is…

Catheter Angiography of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Christopher G. Ullrich Katsuyuki Nakanishi Hironobu Nakamura Catheter angiography of the cervical spine and spinal cord is an infrequently performed neuroradiologic…

Computed Tomography and Myelography of the Cervical Spine Christopher G. Ullrich The first computed tomography (CT) scanner became commercially available in 1972. It was capable of scanning only the head….

Radiation Physics and Safety Glenn R. Rechtine II Brian D. Giordano RADIATION PHYSICS AND SAFETY The use of x-rays has been a mainstay of medical practice since William Roentgen’s discovery…

Diagnostic Cervical Disk Injection Santhosh A. Thomas Seth M. Zeidman There are many causes of neck pain. It is well established that neck pain can be caused by various disorders…

Neurologic and Functional Evaluation Outcomes Assessment Tools in Cervical Spine Surgery Krzysztof B. Siemionow Isador H. Lieberman Outcomes research itself can be thought of as refined and enhanced clinical research,…

Pain Management Nikolai Bogduk INTRODUCTION Traumatic and neoplastic disorders of the cervical spine attract surgical treatment. Infections are treated with antibiotics with or without surgical drainage, excision, and reconstruction. The…

Intraoperative Assessment of Neurologic Function Sharad Rajpal Michael P. Steinmetz Advances in complex spinal fixation techniques have broadened the spectrum of disorders amenable to surgical correction while simultaneously heightening the…

Myelopathy: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis Samir Lapsiwala Gregory Trost The word myelopathy comes from two Greek words: myelos meaning “spinal cord” and pathos meaning “disorder of.” A number of disease…