The cervical spine is in a natural lordotic position with blankets/gel rolled under the chest. The shoulders are taped down or a harness is used to help with visualization (Figure 1).

In 1890, A. E. Garrod is credited for first noting involvement of the cervical spine in 178 of 500 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 1 Though most often recognized in association with RA ...

Diagram of the Cervical Spine in a Lateral View. The cervical spine consists of seven bony vertebrae (C1 through C7) articulating cranially with the occiput and caudally with the first thoracic ...

The researchers retrospectively analyzed 270 lateral view cervical spine radiographs of adult female patients with neck pain from 2015 to 2018, using the Cobb angle measurement for cervical ...

The decision instrument identified all but 8 of the 818 patients who had cervical-spine injury (sensitivity, 99.0 percent [95 percent confidence interval, 98.0 to 99.6 percent]).

Evidence-based recommendations on direct C1 lateral mass screw for cervical spine stabilisation. This involves using screws to fix the bones together to treat atlantoaxial fusion in the neck. This ...

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of direct C1 lateral mass screw for cervical spine stabilisation appears adequate to support the use of this procedure, provided that the normal ...