52-year-old female with cervical stenosis, preop planning for cervical fusion,Evaluate for cervical instability. There is grade 1 retrolisthesis of C6 which persists on flexion and extension views. There is severe degenerative disc disease at C5-C6 and C6-C7 with moderate degenerative disc disease at C7-T1. There is multilevel facet joint arthropathy. There is anterior wedging of C5 and C6 resulting in loss of the normal cervical lordosis on neutral views. No evidence of instability on flexion and extension views.
Severe degenerative changes without evidence of cervical instability.