Does cervical spondylosis require surgery? Introduction to cervical spondylosis

Does cervical spondylosis require surgery? Introduction to cervical spondylosis

Cervical spondylosis, also known as cervical syndrome, is a group of clinical syndromes caused by degenerative lesions of the cervical intervertebral disc and spinal bone hyperplasia. Its clinical manifestations are mainly neck and back pain, limb weakness, finger numbness, nausea and vomiting. Clinically, cervical spondylosis can be roughly divided into four types: radiculopathy, myelopathy, vertebral artery and sympathetic cervical spondylosis.

1. Improve your lifestyle

In daily life, patients should avoid working with their heads down for long periods of time, and try to move their cervical spine slightly every once in a while; when sleeping, they can adjust the pillow to an appropriate height to avoid excessive flexion of the cervical spine.

2. Cervical traction

Cervical traction is an effective method for treating cervical spondylosis. Traction can stretch the cervical vertebrae, relieve the compression of blood vessels, nerves, bone marrow and other tissues, increase the stability of the cervical spine, and improve the symptoms of cervical spondylosis.

3. Drug treatment

Commonly used drugs for the treatment of cervical spondylosis include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants and sedatives. Commonly used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in clinical practice include acetaminophen, celecoxib and edocoxib, which have anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and can be used for analgesic treatment of cervical spondylosis; commonly used muscle relaxants in clinical practice are chlorzoxazone, tizanidine and flupirtine, which can not only relieve the symptoms of muscle spasms, but also relieve the stimulation of nerves and blood vessels caused by adverse factors such as protruding intervertebral discs and bone spurs, and relieve pain symptoms; commonly used sedatives in clinical practice are drugs such as benzodiazepines, which can not only relieve patients' anxiety, but also relax tense muscles, thereby achieving the purpose of improving symptoms.

4. Surgical treatment

Patients with extremely severe radicular pain that seriously affects their daily lives can undergo surgical treatment. Common surgical treatments include anterior cervical decompression and fusion and posterior decompression and laminoplasty.