Spine surgery is hardly ever considered as the first line of defense. Nevertheless, when all else fails, spine surgery may be the only procedure left to use. For most individuals with spinal issues, surgery is only an option when all other treatment options have been exhausted. We will cover the major methods of spine surgery including laser spine surgery, cervical spine surgery and anthroscopic spine surgery.
There are several types of spinal surgery procedures such as:
Discectomy: The surgical removal of all or part of an intervertebral disc (the soft tissue that acts as a shock absorber between the vertebral bodies).
Foramenotomy: A spinal surgery procedure which is often performed for foraminal stenosis, a narrowing of the space that spinal nerves pass through.
Laminectomy: An operation for removal of part or all of the lamina of a vertebra, commonly performed in order to be able to remove an intervertebral disc protrusion or to decompress a nerve root.
Spine fusion: This involves permanently connecting or “welding” two or more vertebrae together.
Spinal Disc Replacement: The artificial replacement of spinal discs.
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May 16th, 2009 at 5:48 am
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June 14th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
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