The exam showed anterior osteophytosis involving the lower segment of the cervical spine (figure 1 ... He later underwent surgical correction with resection of the osteophytes. Since then he remains ...

Large bridging anterior osteophytes of the cervical spine usually result from diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, and the possible explanations for dysphagia include compression of the esophagus ...

Cervical spine; Dysphagia; Ostheophyte Apresentação de caso de ... with the consequent neurological manifestations (neuropathy or myelopathy) - although anterior osteophytes that are usually ...

Patient's clinical and radiological evaluation revealed a mass of the hypopharynx and a large cervical osteophyte. Microlaryngoscopy under general anaesthesia demonstrated the presence of a ...

When vertebral compression results from osteophytes, it can be easily relieved by a minor modification of the usual anterior cervical fusion technique. This method has proved to be quite efficacious ...

This condition is particularly concerning in older adults, where the presence of anterior cervical osteophytes—bony growths that can develop in the cervical spine—can compress the esophagus ...

Cervical osteophytes have been reported to be associated with respiratory compromise, airway obstruction and dysphagia. Extra spinal manifestations of thoracic ... thoracic osteophytes can resemble an ...

Surgical approaches to the cervical spine are usually anterior or posterior. Currently, anterior cervical discectomy is the most common procedure used. This may be performed alone or with the addition ...

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD Neck arthritis (also known as neck osteoarthritis or cervical spondylosis) is the ...

She was treated with a C3‐4 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion ... More common causes like cervical spine trauma, neoplastic growths, and osteophytes may present with a larger constellation of ...