Anterior posterior, lateral, flexion and extension views demonstrated mild diffuse spondylotic changes throughout the cervical spine and mild retrolisthesis of C5 on C6 and C6 on C7, without ...

The cervical ... or deformity. C5/C6 - Circumferential disc osteophyte buldge present resulting in mild indentation of the thecal sac from anteriorly. There is bilateral mild foraminal narrowing at ...

Take a patient that had an anterior cervical fusion at C5-C6 and now presents with a herniated disc at C6-C7. The old anterior instrumentation is removed at C5-C6 then a discectomy is performed at ...

“Disc degeneration is most common in the middle cervical spine and most commonly progresses from that level to the contiguous level, except for C2-3 and C7-T1 ... C5-6 and C6-7 was the most ...

Texas Rangers slugger Prince Fielder had cervical fusion of the C5-C6 discs in his neck on Tuesday in Dallas. As the club indicated last week, he's expected to miss the rest of the 2014 season.

(HealthDay News) — For patients with contained cervical disc herniation ... patients were treated at C5-C6 or C6-C7 (8 and 9 cases, respectively), while in the PRF group, patients were treated ...

When a spinal fusion is performed, the first thing a coder needs to recognize is the approach or technique that was utilized. With an anterior (front of the body) approach to a cervical fusion ...