Educational objective: Cervical radiculopathy is common in old | Surgery collections Videos and quizez 2021

Educational objective: Cervical radiculopathy is common in older individuals and usually arises after physical activity or trauma puts stress on the neck and leads to disc herniation or nerve root compression from underlying cervical spondylosis. Patients usually have pain in the neck radiating to the shoulder/arm, weakness in an upper extremity myotome, and sensory loss in an upper extremity derrnatorne. MRI of the cervical spine is the first test of choice.