Degenerative Disease


INTRODUCTION
EXAMINATION TECHNIQUE
INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE
Pathophysiology
Lumbar Spine
Disk degeneration
Disk protrusion/herniation
Free fragments
Effect on nerve roots
Significance and Natural History
Cervical Spine
Thoracic Spine
SPONDYLOSIS
Vertebral body osteophytes
Unco-vertebral and facet joint arthrosis
Synovial cysts
SPINAL STENOSIS
Lumbar Spine
Cervical Spine
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
POSTOPERATIVE SPINE