May 15, 2012 -- A 71-year-old quadriplegic man can move his fingers after surgeons "stole" healthy nerves from his arm and rerouted them to his hand, according to a new case study.

C7 neurotomy added to standard speech therapy enhances language recovery in patients with chronic post-stroke aphasia, a randomized trial suggests.

Radiculopathy occurs when the nerve root is compressed by foraminal stenosis and/or a posterior lateral disk herniation. Cervical nerve roots 1 through 7 exit above the corresponding cervical ...