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Surgical treatment and outcomes of cervical radiculopathy
1Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Institute, University of Florida, 3450 Hull Road, Room 3341, Gainesville, FL 32607, USA. deckerc@ortho.ufl.edu
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
|February 5, 2011
Abstract:
Cervical radiculopathy, when resistant to conservative treatment, can require surgical treatment. There are numerous surgical treatment options available, such as posterior cervical foraminotomy, anterior cervical foraminotomy, anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion, and cervical disk arthroplasty. This article describes the surgical techniques, reviews their respective indications, and examines their outcomes.