The NYU Langone American Board of Orthopedic Surgery Review Course 2020: Cervical Degenerative Disease
Yong H. Kim, MD leads a board review for cervical degenerative disease. Topics include epidemiology, pathophysiology, cervical degenerative disease, clinical presentation, radiographic evaluation, CT scan, CT/myelogram, MRI scan, differential diagnosis for axial neck pain, axial neck pain treatment, cervical radiculopathy clinical presentation, pathoanatomy, examination, surgical indications, surgical options, anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, neurologic injuries, long term effects adjacent levels, disc arthroplasty, posterior foraminotomy, cervical myelopathy, cervical spondylosis leading to myelopathy, pathophysiology, cervical myelopathy, anterior cervical decompression and fusion, disadvantages to anterior approach, posterior surgical approaches, laminectomy, cervical laminoplasty, and top testing facts.