Complications A rare but severe complication of this disease is vertebrobasilar insufficiency. This is a result of the vertebral artery becoming occluded as it passes up in the transverse foramen. The spinal joints become stiff in cervical<unk> . Thus the chondrocytes which maintain the disc become deprived of nutrition and die. Secondary osteophytes may cause stenosis for spinal nerves, manifesting as radiculopathy.
Spondylosis
Spondylolysis
Spondylitis
Spondyloarthropathy
Spondylodiscitis
Osteoarthritis
Spondylopathy
Ankylosing spondylitis