Myelopathy symptoms happen when the spinal cord is compressed. Cervical myelopathy, found in the neck, is the most common type due to aging. Thoracic myelopathy is often caused by herniated discs or ...

Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle. The word osteoporosis means “porous bone.” The condition is the most common bone disease, and is most commonly found in older adults, people ...

Columbus Regional Health's Radiology Department located within Columbus Regional Hospital provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic testing and treatment using the latest in modern equipment ...

Neck and shoulder pain can be classified in many ways. Some people experience only neck pain or only shoulder pain, while others have pain in both areas. Some people experience only neck pain or only ...

Fluoroscopy is a study of moving body structures--similar to an X-ray "movie." A continuous X-ray beam is passed through the body part being examined. The beam is transmitted to a TV-like monitor so ...

Hemiparesis is characterized by mild to moderate weakness on one side of the body, while hemiplegia involves severe or complete paralysis affecting the same area. Both hemiparesis and hemiplegia are ...

NOVEL research suggests that photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) myelography could facilitate earlier diagnosis of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH). Cerebrospinal fluid-venous fistulas (CVF ...

Cerebrospinal‐venous fistulae (CSF‐VFs) represent a pathologic, low‐flow direct connection between the intrathecal space, usually at the level of a diverticular dilation of a nerve root sleeve, and ...