Association between cervical curvature and cervical sympathetic symptoms / 中国医学科学院学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the association between cervical curvature and cervical sympathetic symptoms.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinical data of 318 patients with cervical spondylosis who underwent surgical treatment in our department between July 2003 and December 2007 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were divided into group without sympathetic symptoms (n = 284) and group with sympathetic symptoms (n = 34) . The curvatures of both groups on cervical lateral radiographs were measured using Borden method and statistical analysis was performed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The incidence of abnormal cervical curvature in group with cervical sympathetic symptoms were 67.6% (23/34), which was significantly higher than that in group without cervical sympathetic symptoms (50.7%, 144/284) (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Cervical curvature abnormality may be an independent factor that affects the cervical sympathetic symptoms.</p>