cervical spine x ray degenerative joint disease

Older age was associated with greater number of degenerated disc levels. The presence and severity of radiographic disc degeneration increased with aging in the cervical spine. The number of degenerated levels was also associated with age. Contiguous levels degeneration pattern was more likely found than skipped level degeneration. Age was significantly correlated with radiographic degenerative findings. The most frequent and severe occurrences of height loss, osteophyte formation, and endplate sclerosis were at C5/C6, whereas spondylolisthesis was most observed at C4/C5. The presence and severity of disc degeneration were found to be significantly associated with age both in male and female subjects. Resultsĥ3.9% of individuals had radiographic disc degeneration and the most affected level was C5/C6. The prevalence and distribution of radiographic findings were evaluated and associations with age were investigated. Cervical disc degeneration was graded from C2/C3 to C6/C7 based on a validated quantitative grading system. Standard lateral cervical spine radiographs in standing, neutral position of 1581 consecutive patients (723 males, 858 females) with an average age of 41.2 ± 18.2 years were evaluated. MethodsĪ retrospective study was performed. The aims of this study were (1) to determine the prevalence of radiographic cervical disc degeneration in a large population of patients aged from 18 to 97 years (2) to investigate individually the prevalence and distribution of height loss, osteophyte formation, endplate sclerosis and spondylolisthesis and (3) to describe the patterns of cervical disc degeneration.

Cervical spine x ray degenerative joint disease