Category: Degenerative Spine Care

Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a complex set of post-surgical pain symptoms encountered after a patient has had surgery on the lumbar spine for disc-related abnormal pathology. The patient may feel present with recurrent pain and persistent pain, with Read More …

Tailbone Pain/Coccyx Pain means the disabling pain in the coccyx that is usually provoked by sitting or changing from a sitting to a standing position. This tail bone pain may radiate rostrally to the sacrum or lumbar spine or laterally Read More …

Coccyx Pain means the disabling pain in the coccyx that is usually provoked by sitting or changing from a sitting to a standing position. This tail bone pain may radiate rostrally to the sacrum or lumbar spine or laterally to Read More …

Spondylodesis/Spinal fusion is used to strengthen the spine and prevent painful movements in people with degenerative disc disease or spondylolisthesis (following laminectomy). The spinal disc between two or more vertebrae is removed and the adjacent vertebrae are “fused” by bone Read More …

Spinal Fusion Surgery/Spinal fusion is used to strengthen the spine and prevent painful movements in people with degenerative disc disease or spondylolisthesis (following laminectomy). The spinal disc between two or more vertebrae is removed and the adjacent vertebrae are “fused” Read More …

Spinal fusion is used to strengthen the spine and prevent painful movements in people with degenerative disc disease or spondylolisthesis (following laminectomy). The spinal disc between two or more vertebrae is removed and the adjacent vertebrae are “fused” by bone Read More …

Percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty (PCN) is used to treat cervical disc herniation. Radiological imaging studies, including plain radiography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have been used to make early predictions of cervical spinal surgery outcomes. [rx] Percutaneous Nucleoplasty Read More …

Percutaneous Nucleoplasty (PN) is a method in which disc decompression is provided through controlled evaporation of nucleus pulposus using radiofrequency energy [rx]. It is supposed that the mechanism of clinical efficacy of the PN procedure is that PN alters the Read More …

Percutaneous Nucleoplasty (PN) is a method in which disc decompression is provided through controlled evaporation of nucleus pulposus using radiofrequency energy [rx]. It is supposed that the mechanism of clinical efficacy of the PN procedure is that PN alters the Read More …

Laminoforaminotomy means a foraminotomy is often performed at the same time as a laminectomy or a laminotomy. The combination of procedures is called a laminoforaminotomy. A cervical foraminotomy is an operation done from the back of the neck to relieve Read More …

A cervical foraminotomy is an operation done from the back of the neck to relieve pressure on one or more spinal nerves. It involves carefully removing a small portion of bone and joint which overlie the spinal nerve, as well Read More …

Posterior cervical foraminotomy is an attractive therapeutic option in selected cases of cervical radiculopathy that maintains a cervical range of motion and minimizes adjacent-segment degeneration. The focus of this procedure is to preserve as much of the facet as possible Read More …