Book contents
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic and Computational Neuroscience
- Section 2 Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases
- Chapter 12 Glioma
- Chapter 13 Brain Metastases: Molecules to Medicine
- Chapter 14 Benign Adult Brain Tumors and Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Chapter 15 Biomechanics of the Spine
- Chapter 16 Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
- Chapter 17 Spondylolisthesis
- Chapter 18 Radiculopathy
- Chapter 19 Spinal Tumors
- Chapter 20 Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Trauma
- Chapter 21 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 22 Vascular Neurosurgery
- Chapter 23 Pediatric Vascular Malformations
- Chapter 24 Craniofacial Neurosurgery
- Chapter 25 Hydrocephalus
- Chapter 26 Peripheral Nerve Injury Response Mechanisms
- Chapter 27 Clinical Peripheral Nerve Injury Models
- Chapter 28 The Neuroscience of Functional Neurosurgery
- Chapter 29 Neuroradiology: Focused Ultrasound in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 30 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 31 Brain Mapping
- Index
- References
Chapter 18 - Radiculopathy
from Section 2 - Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic and Computational Neuroscience
- Section 2 Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases
- Chapter 12 Glioma
- Chapter 13 Brain Metastases: Molecules to Medicine
- Chapter 14 Benign Adult Brain Tumors and Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Chapter 15 Biomechanics of the Spine
- Chapter 16 Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
- Chapter 17 Spondylolisthesis
- Chapter 18 Radiculopathy
- Chapter 19 Spinal Tumors
- Chapter 20 Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Trauma
- Chapter 21 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 22 Vascular Neurosurgery
- Chapter 23 Pediatric Vascular Malformations
- Chapter 24 Craniofacial Neurosurgery
- Chapter 25 Hydrocephalus
- Chapter 26 Peripheral Nerve Injury Response Mechanisms
- Chapter 27 Clinical Peripheral Nerve Injury Models
- Chapter 28 The Neuroscience of Functional Neurosurgery
- Chapter 29 Neuroradiology: Focused Ultrasound in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 30 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 31 Brain Mapping
- Index
- References
Summary
Radiculopathy refers to pathology at the nerve root level, manifest as positive symptoms such as pain, paresthesias and dysesthesias, and negative symptoms such as numbness and weakness. While a number of causes for radiculopathy exist, the archetypal etiology is lumbar disc herniation, leading to compression of the traversing or, less commonly, exiting nerve root. Such mechanical bases for radiculopathy were first recognized nearly a century ago, initially in the lumbar region by Mixter and Barr(1934),followed by the cervical spine by Semmes and Murphey in 1943.
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- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons , pp. 254 - 266Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024