Radiology Cases Spondylosis degenerative change in the Spine LSBU

Description: Degenerative change in the spine is, as elsewhere, primarily an attempt to get more stability by newbone formation, primarily at the edges of failing joints. There is a particular significance of instability and newbone formation in the spine, since the spinal canal and neural foramina can be compromised. In the cervical spine the movement may particularly affect the supporting dentate ligaments and the resulting traction on those ligaments may result in spinal cord ischaemia. This process also explains why the clinical levels of neurological impairment may not necessarily lie at the same level as the most obvious abnormality.