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Doença degenerativa da coluna cervical

Última revisión: 14 Aug 2025
Última actualización: 23 Sep 2021

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • início espontâneo de dor cervical
  • dor e espasmo muscular cervical
  • cefaleias ou dor occipital
  • fraqueza ou dormência
  • presença de dor irradiada no braço
  • alterações de reflexo
  • fraqueza no braço proximal
  • fraqueza na mão distal
  • ataxia de marcha
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • espasmo muscular cervical
  • diminuição da amplitude de movimento cervical
  • alterações sensoriais
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Factores de riesgo

  • idade >40 anos
  • trauma cranioencefálico ou cervical
  • cirurgia prévia da coluna cervical
  • tensão miofascial cervical prévia
  • predisposição genética
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • RNM cervical
  • radiografia cervical
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) cervical
  • mielografia de TC cervical
  • eletromiografia cervical/dos membros superiores ou velocidade de condução nervosa
  • bloqueio da raiz nervosa cervical
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

dor cervical axial

radiculopatia espondilótica cervical (REC)

mielopatia cervical degenerativa (MCD)

Colaboradores

Autores

Dennis A. Turner, MA, MD
Dennis A. Turner

Professor

Neurosurgery and Neurobiology

Duke University Medical Center

Durham

NC

Divulgaciones

DAT is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Revisores por pares

Ricardo Pietrobon, MD, PhD, MBA

Associate Professor of Surgery

Associate Professor in Anesthesiology

Associate Vice-Chair, Systems Integration

Department of Surgery

Duke University Medical Center

Durham

NC

Divulgaciones

RP is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Allan I. Binder, MD

Consultant Rheumatologist

Lister Hospital

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Stevenage

UK

Divulgaciones

AIB is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

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Disclosures

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

Mazanec D, Reddy A. Medical management of cervical spondylosis. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jan;60(1 suppl 1):S43-50. Resumen

Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Guidelines for the surgical management of cervical degenerative disease. 2009 [internet publication].

Nikolaidis I, Fouyas IP, Sandercock PA, et al. Surgery for cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Jan 20;(1):CD001466.Texto completo  Resumen

Graham N, Gross A, Goldsmith CH, et al. Mechanical traction for neck pain with or without radiculopathy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Jul 16;(3):CD006408.Texto completo  Resumen

North American Spine Society. Diagnosis and treatment of cervical radiculopathy from degenerative disorders. 2010 [internet publication}.Texto completo

Gao F, Mao T, Sun W, et al. An updated meta-analysis comparing artificial cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease (CDDD). Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Dec;40(23):1816-23. Resumen

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