Table 1 Clinical symptoms attributable to different pathologies at disc levels
From: Microendoscopic anterior cervical foraminotomy: a preliminary series of 76 cases
Demographics | Patient percentage (no.) |
|---|---|
1 Preoperative symptomatology | |
Radicular arm pain | 100% (n = 76) |
Axial neck pain | 90.8% (n = 69) |
Altered sensation | 53.9% (n = 41) |
Motor weakness | 44.7 (n = 34) |
2 Offending pathology | |
Soft disc fragment herniation | 55.3% (n = 42) |
Cranial / caudal disc fragments | 15.8% (n = 12) |
Foraminal herniation | 5.3% (n = 4) |
Osteophytic spurs | 23.7% (n = 18) |
3 Disc level | |
C3–C4 | 9.2% (n = 7) |
C4–C5 | 11.8% (n = 9) |
C5–C6 | 40.8% (n = 31) |
C6–C7 | 36.8 (n = 28) |
C7–T1 | 1.3% (n = 1) |