Back to Healio The thinner diameter of the C5 nerve root may be the reason it is more susceptible to damage during cervical surgery than the C6 or C7 nerve roots, according to researchers.

Bilateral nerve roots emanate from each level above the corresponding vertebral body. For example, the C5 nerve root exits the spine at the C4–C5 neural foramen and thus is affected by ...

Likewise, damage to the C5 nerve root (called C5 palsy) may occur from cervical spinal decompressive surgery. This complication causes weakness, numbness, and pain in the shoulders. Very rarely ...

It happens when your cervical spinal cord or nerve roots arising from it become compressed by the cervical vertebrae. Your cervical spine, or neck, is formed by seven small vertebrae that begin at ...

A doctor may recommend surgery in some cases. Radiculopathy is a general term that refers to the symptoms caused by a nerve root that is pinched as it exits the spinal column. This can happen in ...

Note the large disk herniation between the C5 and C6 vertebral bodies. On the axial scan, the disk herniation is posterior lateral to the right, compressing the exiting C6 nerve root. Also note the ...

Lumbar radiculopathy is inflammation of a nerve root in the lower back that causes symptoms in the back and down the leg. Radiculopathy is pain and other neurological symptoms caused by the ...

Cervical radiculopathy is a condition that affects a cervical spinal nerve root. The cervical spine runs from the head to the shoulders and contains seven vertebrae. Various nerves run through ...