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Why Diagnosis of Cervical Spondylosis Remains Difficult
Cervical Spondylosis (CS) is a common degenerative and progressive disease seen in older populations. Unlike other diseases such as cancer, cervical spinal degeneration is difficult to detect from medical images and requires highly experienced doctors to interpret subtle changes in the vertebrae for accurate diagnosis. Thus, incorrect identification of diagnostic markers may lead to incorrect interventions and therefore poor prognosis for patients.
Symptoms of CS range in severity, but include arm/neck pain and numbness, and in more extreme cases gait disturbance and incontinence.
Diagnosis is further complicated by the range of CS aetiologies, which cause different signs to be observed in medical imaging. The different degenerative pathologies seen…