tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Cervical spondylosis with spinal cord encroachment: should preventive surgery be recommended"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Cervical spondylosis with spinal cord encroachment: should preventive surgery be recommended? | Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Open Access Cervical spondylosis with spinal cord encroachment should preventive surgery be recommended Donald R Murphy 1 2 3 Christopher M Coulis4 5 and Jonathan K Gerrard6 Address 1Rhode Island Spine Center 600 Pawtucket Ave Pawtucket RI 02860-6059 USA 2Department of Community Health Alpert Medical School of Brown University Box G-A Providence RI 02912 USA 3Department of Research New York Chiropractic College 2360 State Rte. 89 Seneca Falls New York 13148 USA 4Shoreline Spine Pain Associates PC 2415 Boston Post Rd Guilford CT 06437 USA 5Clinical Sciences University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic 126 Park Avenue Bridgeport CT 06604 USA and 6Aquarius Chiropractic 210-179 Davie Street Vancouver V6Z 2Y1 USA Email Donald R Murphy - rispine@ Christopher M Coulis - chriscoulis@ Jonathan K Gerrard - kineticjon@ Corresponding author Published 24 August 2009 Received 25 April 2009 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2009 17 8 doi 1746-1340-17-8 Accepted 24 August 2009 This article is available from http content 17 1 8 2009 Murphy et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background It has been stated that individuals who have spondylotic encroachment on the cervical spinal cord without myelopathy are at increased risk of spinal cord injury if they experience minor trauma. Preventive decompression surgery has been recommended for these individuals. The purpose of this paper is to provide the non-surgical spine specialist with information upon which to base advice to patients. The evidence behind claims of increased risk is investigated as well as the evidence regarding the risk of decompression surgery. Methods A .