Osteoarthritis of the Cervical Spine
- 12 January 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 254 (2) , 60-64
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195601122540204
Abstract
OSTEOARTHRITIS of the cervical spine, sometimes called cervical discogenic disease, is one of the most common and most troublesome affections of the older arthritic patient. It is found in at least 10 per cent of the patients suffering from osteoarthritis. The symptoms, the clinical findings and the roentgenologic changes vary greatly from patient to patient. However, cervical osteoarthritis can be divided into three stages of progressive degeneration (Table 1). There are no diagnostic or therapeutic criteria for osteoarthritis such as those available in rheumatoid arthritis, but degrees of severity can be recognized.1 StagesThe first and commonest of these stages . . .Keywords
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