Physician-researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have developed a new, clinically meaningful scale of severity for diagnosing patients with cervical spinal stenosis. Their goal was to ...

A 72 year-old man presented with an unsteady gait. His neurological exam showed increased tone and hyperactive reflexes in the legs, with bilateral Babinski signs. Vibration sense was markedly ...

A, 63 years old, visited a hospital with severe shoulder pain. Tests showed that the cause was unexpectedly not the shoulder.

Spinal stenosis refers to narrowing of the vertebral or spinal canal which encloses the spinal cord and spinal nerves. It may result in compression of these nerves leading to pain, numbness, tingling ...

I have a postmenopausal patient with bleeding who requires endometrial sampling. An attempted endometrial biopsy in the office was unsuccessful because of severe cervical stenosis at the external os.

A laminoplasty is a surgical procedure that helps relieve pressure on the spinal cord and nerves. It involves opening a section of the lamina, a bony structure that sits on top of the spinal canal.

Jarvis Jones is regarded by some to be the best overall player heading into April's 2013 NFL draft, but his diagnosis of cervical spinal stenosis may make teams shy away from calling him to the podium ...

Cervical radiculopathy, also known as a pinched nerve, happens when a nerve in the neck becomes irritated or compressed. It can be very painful and may affect a person’s quality of life. Usually, it ...

A new, clinically meaningful scale of severity for diagnosing patients with cervical spinal stenosis was developed by physician-researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson. A new, clinically ...

A 77 year-old woman presented with falling and an unsteady gait. Her neurological exam showed increased tone and hyperactive reflexes in the legs and bilateral Babinski signs. Cervical Spondylosis: T2 ...