Cervical spinal stenosis refers to a narrowing of the spinal canal in the neck. Many factors can contribute to stenosis, which is more common in people over the age of 50 years.

Conn., is scheduled to undergo surgery Monday to treat spinal stenosis, but says she expects to return to Washington when Congress reconvenes in September. Dr. Judith L. Gorelick, the board-certified ...

Medicare or other insurance may cover some types of spinal surgery if it’s deemed medically necessary for treating cervical stenosis with myelopathy. And even then, the payments can vary.

Surgery can create more space and ease some of the symptoms caused by spinal stenosis. But if someone has arthritis, surgery cannot cure it, so pain in the spine attributed to that may not go away.

Spinal stenosis is one of the most common age-related back problems. It usually results from years of osteoarthritis, a thickening of the body's ligaments that connect the bones to the spine and a ...

While most people experience pain with any form of spinal stenosis, most recover without surgery. Disk herniation occurs in 1–3% of cases, while nerve root compression occurs in less than 2% of ...

BALTIMORE — Spinal stenosis can be a very painful condition, one that can become so bad it requires surgery. Nytha Glass, of Laurel, is usually a busy woman who likes to travel, but she said her ...

That’s the distribution of the L5 and S1 nerves. The MRI shows spinal stenosis at this level. Most perineural cysts are incidentally noted by MRI and do not cause symptoms.

House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) is set to undergo surgery on Monday to treat spinal stenosis at Griffin Hospital in her home state of Connecticut. Neurosurgeon Dr. Judith L.

A new surgery appears to have helped one man in his spinal stenosis battle. Jan. 21, 2008 — -- When 67-year-old Dean Malliaros was facing spine surgery in September, he took a chance few ...

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, underwent surgery Monday to treat spinal stenosis, according to her office.