Posterior wedging of cervical vertebrae is an abnormal shape of one or more neck bones (vertebrae) in which the back (posterior) edge of the vertebral body is ...

Anterior wedging of cervical vertebrae occurs when the front (anterior) part of one or more neck vertebral bodies collapses or becomes shorter than the back, ...

Cervical wedging is a condition in which one or more of the cervical (neck) vertebral bodies develop a triangular, “wedge-shaped” deformity, most often with ...

Cervical postsurgical spondylolisthesis is a condition in which, following cervical spine surgery (such as laminectomy or corpectomy), one vertebra slides ...

Cervical pathological spondylolisthesis is a condition in which one of the neck vertebrae (typically C3–C7) slips forward or backward over the adjacent ...

Cervical traumatic spondylolisthesis—commonly referred to as a Hangman’s fracture—is a specific type of spinal injury in which the second cervical vertebra ...

Cervical degenerative spondylolisthesis is a condition in which one vertebra in the neck (cervical spine) slips forward relative to the vertebra below it due ...

Cervical isthmic spondylolisthesis is a condition in which a vertebra in the neck (cervical spine) slips forward over the one below it due to a defect or ...

Cervical dysplastic (congenital) spondylolisthesis (CDS) is a rare condition in which a cervical vertebra slips forward due to developmental malformation of ...

Cervical rotatory spondylolisthesis is a condition in which one cervical vertebra (neck bone) twists and slips forward or backward over the vertebra below it, ...

Cervical lateral spondylolisthesis is a spinal condition in which one vertebra in the neck region shifts sideways (laterally) relative to the one below it, ...

Cervical spondylolisthesis occurs when one vertebra in your neck (cervical spine) slips forward or backward relative to the one below it. When this happens at ...

Cervical spondylolisthesis at C6–C7 occurs when the sixth cervical vertebra slips forward over the seventh, potentially compressing nerve roots or the spinal ...

Cervical spondylolisthesis occurs when one vertebra in the neck (cervical spine) slips forward or backward over the one below it. When this slip involves the ...

Cervical spondylolisthesis occurs when one vertebra in the neck slips forward or backward over the one below it. Specifically, C3 over C4 spondylolisthesis ...

Cervical spondylolisthesis at C2–C3 is a condition where the second cervical vertebra (C2) slips forward relative to the third vertebra (C3). This forward slip ...

Cervical spondylolisthesis at C1–C2 occurs when the top neck bone (atlas, or C1) slips forward in relation to the second bone (axis, or C2). This misalignment ...

Cervical spondylolisthesis is the forward, backward, or lateral slipping of one neck (cervical) vertebra over another. This displacement can pinch nerves, ...

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Cervical retrolisthesis at C6 over C7 is a backward slipping of the sixth cervical vertebra (C6) relative to the seventh (C7). Unlike a normal spine alignment ...