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2. Degenerative disc disease - Wikipedia

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   There are many surgical options for the treatment of degenerative disc disease, including anterior [16] and posterior approaches. The most common surgical treatments include: [ 17 ] Microdiscectomy : A minimally invasive surgical procedure in which a portion of a herniated nucleus pulposus is removed by way of a surgical instrument or laser ...

3. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy - Wikipedia

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   Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) is a disorder characterised by the age-related deterioration of the cervical spinal cord. [1] Referred to be a range of different but related terms, a global consensus process selected Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy as the new overarching disease term. [2]

4. Spinal stenosis - Wikipedia

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   Such severe spinal stenosis symptoms are virtually absent in lumbar stenosis, however, as the spinal cord terminates at the top end of the adult lumbar spine, with only nerve roots (cauda equina) continuing further down. [15] Cervical spinal stenosis is a condition involving narrowing of the spinal canal at the level of the neck.

5. Spondylosis - Wikipedia

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   In cervical spondylosis, a patient may be presented with dull neck pain with neck stiffness in the initial stages of the disease. As the disease progresses, symptoms related to radiculopathy (due to compression of exiting spinal nerve by narrowed intervertebral foramen) or myelopathy (due to compression on the spinal cord) can occur. [2]

6. Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord - Wikipedia

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   Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord, also known as myelosis funiculus, or funicular myelosis, [1] also Lichtheim's disease, [2] [3] and Putnam-Dana syndrome, [4] refers to degeneration of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord as a result of vitamin B 12 deficiency (most common).

7. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis - Wikipedia

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   Classically, advanced disease may have "melted candle wax" appearance along the spine on radiographic studies. [13] In some cases, DISH may be manifested as ossification, or enthesis, in other parts of the skeleton. The calcification and ossification is most common on the right side of the spine.