Cervical Disc Disease eMedicine PMR

Cervical disc disorders encountered in physiatric practice include herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), degenerative disc disease (DDD), and internal disc disruption (IDD). HNP implies extension of disc material beyond the posterior margin of the vertebral body. Most of the herniation is made up of the annulus fibrosus. DDD involves degenerative annular...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Cervical 

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Disc Herniation Wheeless

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
disc herniation may vary in severity from disc protrussion to disc extrusion, to finally disc sequestration; - disc containment: - w/ a contained disc herniation, the disc material herniated through the inner annulus but not...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Intervertebral Disk Disorders 
- Orthopedic Topics: Regional Orthopaedics: Adult Spine General: Spinal Surgery 

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Dorsally sequestrated thoracic disc herniation

A 53-year-old male presented with a rare dorsally sequestrated thoracic disc herniation manifesting as acute low back pain and weakness. He had no history of trauma. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated a mass at T10-11 intervertebral level connected with the T-10 disc. Axial MR imaging showed the mass had surrounded...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Back and Spinal Injuries: Acute Intervertebral Disc Injury 

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Non-traumatic acute paraplegia caused by cervical disc herniation in a patient with sleep apnoea

A 57-year-old man with obstructive sleep apnoea presented with acute progression of myelopathy into paraplegia resulting from cervical disc herniation at C4-C5 and C5-C6 levels. There was no associated history of trauma. Rapid progress to paraplegia from non-traumatic cervical disc herniation rarely occurs. Diagnostic and treatment modalities are discussed. The...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Back and Spinal Injuries: Acute Intervertebral Disc Injury 

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Does Discography Cause Accelerated Progression of Degeneration Changes in the Lumbar Disc

Objectives: To compare progression of common degenerative findings between lumbar discs injected 10 years earlier with those same disc levels in matched subjects not exposed to discography.
Conclusion: Modern discography techniques using small gauge needle and limited pressurization resulted in accelerated disc degeneration, disc herniation, loss of disc height and signal...

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- OCOSH Classification: Investigations: Radiology - General: Radiology - Conditions 

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Spinal Disc Problems including Red Flag Signs

Disorders affecting intervertebral discs include:
* Disc herniation (prolapsed intervertebral disc)
* Degenerative disc disease
* Infection (discitis) Spinal disc problems can lead to symptoms of back pain and/or sciatica. There are many other causes of back pain and/or sciatica but they...

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- OCOSH Classification: Clinical Examination 

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Acute cauda equina syndrome secondary to lumbar disc herniation mimicking pure conus medullaris syndrome

A 49-year-old male presented with a rare case of acute cauda equina syndrome secondary to a sequestrated lumbar disc mimicking pure conus medullaris syndrome. He consulted the emergency room of Otsu Municipal Hospital because saddle anesthesia and complete urinary retention which had started 2 days before admission. Additionally, he complained...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Back and Spinal Injuries: Acute Intervertebral Disc Injury 

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Russel C Huang MD HSS

Dr. Russel C. Huang was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and the Yale School of Medicine. After completing orthopaedic surgery residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Huang completed fellowship training in spine surgery under Dr. Henry H. Bohlman, considered by many to be the father of...

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- Surgeons and Clinics: USA: New York 

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Treating Pain From Disc Herniation Medscape

Treating Pain From Disc Herniation: Clonidine vs Corticosteroid. Summary and discussion of -
Transforaminal Epidural Clonidine Versus Corticosteroid for Acute Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Due to Intervertebral Disc Herniation Burgher AH, Hoelzer BC, Schroeder DR, Wilson GA, Huntoon MA Spine. 2011;36:E293-300

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Intervertebral Disk Disorders 

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Paraplegia by acute cervical disc protrusion after lumbar spine surgery

Non-traumatic paraplegia caused by herniation of the cervical intervertebral disc is an uncommon postoperative complication. A patient with claudication and radiculopathy was scheduled for lumbar laminectomy due to spinal stenosis. Postoperatively, numbness below T6 was found in his both legs of the patient. MRI showed a protruded intervertebral disc between...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Back and Spinal Injuries: Acute Intervertebral Disc Injury 

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Advanced Spinal Decompression

Advanced Spinal Decompression Using The DRX9000 In Wall NJ (Jersey Shore)
TRACTION VS SPINAL DECOMPRESSION
    Often times, when I first consult with a herniated disc patient, they tell me they just feel like being pulled apart. If there was just a way to pull the bones off of the herniated disc. Well, that's...

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- Chiropractic: USA: New Jersey 

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Joon Y Lee MD at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Dr. Lee specializes in cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine surgery in the greater Pittsburgh area. He has authored numerous articles and lectured extensively on topics such as cervical disc herniation, cervical myelopathy, cervical disc replacement, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar disc replacement, spinal fusion, spine trauma, microsurgical decompression, and non-fusion technologies.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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- Surgeons and Clinics: USA: Pennsylvania 

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Cervical Disk Protrusion and Lesions

Cervical disc disorders can include:
Disc herniation (prolapsed intervertebral disc)
Degenerative disc disease (cervical spondylosis)
Internal disc disruption
Infection (discitis)

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Cervical 

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Advanced Spinal Decompression

Advanced Spinal Decompression Using The DRX9000 In Wall NJ (Jersey Shore)
TRACTION VS SPINAL DECOMPRESSION
    Often times, when I first consult with a herniated disc patient, they tell me they just feel like being pulled apart. If there was just a way to pull the bones off of the herniated disc. Well, that's...

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- Chiropractic: USA: New Jersey 

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Intramuscular Oxygen-Ozone Therapy in the Treatment of Acute Back Pain With Lumbar Disc Herniation Medscape

Intramuscular Oxygen-Ozone Therapy in the Treatment of Acute Back Pain With Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Clinical Trial of Active and Simulated Lumbar Paravertebral Injection
Conclusion: Treatment of LBP and sciatica is a major concern. Although the natural history of acute LBP is often self-limiting, conservative therapies are not...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Intervertebral Disk Disorders 

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Herniated Nucleus Pulposus eMedicine Orthopedics

The intervertebral disk is the largest avascular structure in the body. It arises from notochordal cells between the cartilaginous endplates, which regress from about 50% of the disk space at birth to about 5% in the adult, with chondrocytes replacing the notochordal cells. Intervertebral disks are located in the spinal...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Intervertebral Disk Disorders 

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Schmorl node CHORUS

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chondrification defects where periosteal vessels penetrate cartilage plates of disc
* Xray:
o concave defects at upper and lower vertebral endplates with sharp margins produced by herniation of disc material
* MRI:
o...

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- OCOSH Classification: Investigations: Radiology - General: Radiology - Signs 

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Cervical Disk Injuries eMedicine Sports

Acute cervical spine injury has been associated with sports such as football, gymnastics, rugby, ice hockey, and diving. Athletes with cervical disc injury may present with neck pain, radicular pain, quadriparesis, or quadriplegia secondary to myelopathy. This article intends to outline the etiopathology, evaluation, and treatment of cervical disc disease....

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Neck Injuries 

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Herniated Disc in the Child

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
- disc herniation is uncommon in children; - herniations are most common at the disc spaces between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae & between 5th lumbar and 1st sacral vertebrae

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- Orthopedic Topics: Regional Orthopaedics: Adult Spine General: Spinal Surgery 

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Case 39. Disc Herniation in Children and Adolescents.

Disk Herniation in Children and Adolescents
Case History
This 17 year old white female was involved in an automobile accident. She presented with localized low back pain and was diagnosed with lumbar strain. Her pain increased despite maximum physical therapy.

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Intervertebral Disk Disorders 
- Orthopedic Topics: Paediatric Orthopaedics: Spine 

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Cauda Equina Syndrome Orthoteers

Cauda Equina Syndrome Secondary to Lumbar Disc Herniation A Meta Analysis of Surgical Outcomes Spine Vol 25 No. 12 pp1523-1532
Introduction
* Definition of CES as a severe neurological deficit with clinical features of low back pain, sciatica, saddle anaesthesia, motor weakness, sensory deficit, urinary...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Spinal Cord Injuries: Partial 

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David B Musante MD at Triangle Orthopaedic Associates

Dr. Musante devotes his practice to the treatment of a wide range of spinal problems including degenerative cervical and lumbar disorders, disc herniation, stenosis, deformity, scoliosis, tumors and trauma. His surgical experitse includes minimally invasive spinal surgery, motion-preservation technology and artificial disc replacement.
Durham, North Carolina, USA

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- Surgeons and Clinics: USA: North Carolina 

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Evan D O'Brien MD

Dr. O'Brien treats all types of spinal conditions of the neck and back including, disc herniation, radiculopathy or radiculitis with radiating arm pain or radiating leg pain -- sciatica, degenerative disc disease, low back pain, stenosis, spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis and pars interarticularis defects, myelopathy, neurogenic claudication, instability, deformity, scoliosis, tumors, vertebral compression or burst fractures from trauma...

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- Surgeons and Clinics: USA: New Jersey 

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Cervical Spondylosis eMedicine Neurosurgery

Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition of the cervical spine that affects the vertebral bodies and intervertebral disks of the neck (in the form of, for example, disk herniation and spur formation), as well as the contents of the spinal canal (nerve roots and/or spinal cord). Some authors also...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Degenerative Disorders: Cervical Spine Osteoarthritis 

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Robert G Liss MD at Orthopedic Associates of Pittsburgh

Dr. Liss specializes in the comprehensive surgical and nonsurgical treatment of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal disorders, including spinal stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, osteoporosis, fractures and tumors.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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- Surgeons and Clinics: USA: Pennsylvania 

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