U.S., March 21 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06885216) titled 'Outcomes After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Radiculopathy in Patients with Concurrent Headache' on March 18.
Brief Summary: Surgery for degenerative cervical radiculopathy (DCR) is one of the most common causes of neck surgery. The typical surgical indication is radicular pain (arm pain) caused by nerve impingement. However, many patients also report varying degrees of pain in the neck and head. This headache, often referred to as cervicogenic headache (CEH), is believed to result from the convergence of trigeminal afferents and the upper three cervical spinal nerves in structures such as facet joints, ligaments, cervical musc...