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In this chapter we discuss the etiology of neck pain and its differential diagnoses. Neck pain has an annual prevalence of over 30% and presents in either an acute, sub-acute or chronic fashion. The pain can be somatic or neuropathic and could be caused by degenerative spinal changes, nerve root compression or a more ominous underlying pathology. There are significant personal and socioeconomic burdens with neck pain, making it the fourth leading cause of disability.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Kenneth D. Candido, Saman Ahmadi & Vaheh Petrossian

  2. Departments of Anesthesiology and Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Kenneth D. Candido

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Correspondence to Kenneth D. Candido .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Candido, K.D., Ahmadi, S., Petrossian, V. (2019). Neck Pain. In: Abd-Elsayed, A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_134

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