What Is the Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy?
Cervical radiculopathy arises from nerve root involvement in the cervical spine and produces radicular pain that can be challenging to manage. Structured, evidence-informed treatment planning is central to achieving meaningful clinical improvement.
Treatment Goal
The primary clinical target is improvement in patient-reported cervical radicular pain.
Approach (partial overview)
The protocol encompasses medical and interventional strategies — including image-guided injection techniques — among other modalities. The full structured regimen, including the specific conditions under which each option applies, is available via the protocol link below.
References
- Transforaminal epidural steroid injections using fluoroscopic or CT guidance may be considered when developing a medical/interventional treatment plan for patients with cervical radiculopathy from degenerative disorders.
- Due consideration should be given to the potential complications.
- Ozone injections, cervical halter traction and combinations of medications, physical therapy, injections and traction have been associated with improvements in patient reported pain in uncontrolled case series.
- Such modalities may be considered recognizing that no improvement relative to the natural history of cervical radiculopathy has been demonstrated.
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