This article revisits the issue of posterior cervical spine instrumentation. Posterior cervical plates have become a powerful tool for spine surgeons, allowing unprecedented rigidity of the ...

Other causes include hardening of the posterior longitudinal ligament or the ligamentum flavum, which are soft tissue bands that normally help support the cervical spine. Sometimes people are born ...

Other causes include spine trauma, rheumatoid arthritis and bone diseases ... Surgical options aim to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and provide stability to the neck. Common procedures are ...

Changes in the cross-sectional area of deep posterior extensor muscles of the cervical spine after anterior decompression and fusion: 10-year follow-up study using MRI.

Using finite element analysis, the study compared various cage designs and materials used in cervical spine fusion procedures. The results highlight silicon nitride’s superior biomechanical ...