Healio

Prevalence of abnormal MRI findings of cervical spine increased with age

ORLANDO, Fla. — As asymptomatic individuals aged, their rate of cervical spine abnormalities increased, according study results presented at the Cervical Spine Research Society Annual Meeting, here.
Medscape

MRI Detects Missed Cervical Injuries After Negative CT

MRI identified missed cervical spine injuries in 17% of patients with trauma who had negative CT results, prompting treatment changes in 4% of them. MRI identified missed injuries in 17% of patients ...
Business Wire

SpinalMotion Initiates Enrollment in International Clinical Study for Kineflex® |CI MRI Imaging Friendly Cervical Disc

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpinalMotion, Inc., developer of the investigational Kineflex® lumbar and Kineflex® |C cervical disc implants for treating degenerative disc disease (DDD), ...
BMJ

Epidemiology of cervical spine abnormalities in asymptomatic adult professional rugby union players using static and dynamic MRI protocols: 2002 to 2006

Objective In this study, the prevalence of abnormalities in the cervical spine of asymptomatic professional rugby players using both static and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in order to ...
Business Wire

Simplify Medical Announces First Patient Treated in U.S. Pivotal Trial Of MRI-Optimized Simplify Cervical Artificial Spinal Disc Used at Two Adjacent Levels

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simplify Medical, Inc., maker of the Simplify® cervical artificial disc, today announced that the first patient has been treated in the device’s pivotal clinical ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Cervical Stenosis

Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal in the neck. It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have ...