Surgery is typically indicated when six months of conservative therapy have not been successful, if there is a neurologic deficit attributable to the cervical disc disease or when the symptoms ...
A cervical intervertebral disc can prolapse (hernia or rupture) asymptomatically or may produce neck pain, nerve root compression (radiculopathy) or spinal cord compression (myelopathy). Surgery is ...
A recent assessment by the BCBSA TEC in August 2009 found that the use of "artificial intervertebral disc arthroplasty for the treatment of patients with cervical degenerative disc disease does ...