Definitions
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- noun pathology Any
disease of the spinal nerveroots and spinal nerves.
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Examples
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Spine surgery: radiculopathy, stenosis and instability
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Bass guitarist Tom Araya needs back surgery after he was diagnosed with cervical radiculopathy.
Slayer Cancels Upcoming Tour, Tom Araya Needs Surgery | Manolith 2010
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This fall, besides the usual respiratory infections, it's been a severe cervical radiculopathy, which was almost certain to need spinal surgery, according to most of the first five or six specialists I went to.
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This fall, besides the usual respiratory infections, it\'s been a severe cervical radiculopathy, which was almost certain to need spinal surgery, according to most of the first five or six specialists I went to.
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Many neck pain sufferers do not have "radiculopathy."
Dr. Rock Positano: Pain In The Neck? Non-Surgical Relief Is On The Way 2008
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Cervical radiculopathy: People who look up at a computer screen or who balance a phone on their shoulder while typing are at risk.
A Pain For Business 2008
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Simotas further comments that "some investigators believe initial treatments often fail in patients with cervical radiculopathy because adequate doses of anti-inflammatory medications cannot reach the compressed area of inflammation around the nerve."
Dr. Rock Positano: Pain In The Neck? Non-Surgical Relief Is On The Way 2008
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Many individuals with neck pain will develop "cervical radiculopathy."
Dr. Rock Positano: Pain In The Neck? Non-Surgical Relief Is On The Way 2008
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SLAYER's vocalist/bassist Tom Araya's ongoing, minimally-invasive treatments for what was diagnosed as a cervical radiculopathy, an occupational hazard for the rocker who is known for aggressively swinging his long mane of hair while performing.
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Me, too (C-6 degeneration and resultant cervical radiculopathy, if you're keeping score).
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