Foraminotomy is an operation that “cleans out” or enlarges the bony hole (foramen) where a nerve root exits the spinal canal. Bulging discs or joints thickened with age can narrow the space where the spinal nerve exits and press on Read More …
Category: Degenerative Spine Care
Spinal Discectomy – Indications, Procedure, Technique
Spinal Discectomy is the surgical removal of part or all of a vertebral disc that has herniated. The disc is removed by first cutting the outer annulus fibrosis and removing the nucleus pulposus to relieve pressure on the nerve root. Read More …
Lumbar Discectomy – Indications, Procedure, Technique
Lumbar Discectomy is the surgical removal of part or all of a vertebral disc that has herniated. The disc is removed by first cutting the outer annulus fibrosis and removing the nucleus pulposus to relieve pressure on the nerve root. Read More …
Spinal Laminectomy – Indications, Contraindications
Spinal laminectomy (also known as spinal decompression) is done when a narrowing of the spinal canal causes pain, numbness, or weakness. During the procedure, the lamina or bony walls of the vertebrae are removed, along with any bone spurs, to Read More …
Sacral Laminectomy – Indications, Contraindications
Sacral Laminectomy is the removal of the lamina in the back between your pelvic, or hip bones (sacral spine). Lumbar laminectomy continues to be one of the most common lumbar procedures performed for spinal stenosis. Currently, there are several techniques to Read More …
Cervical Laminectomy – Indications, Contraindications
A Cervical Laminectomy is the removal of the lamina in the neck area (cervical spine). Lumbar laminectomy continues to be one of the most common lumbar procedures performed for spinal stenosis. Currently, there are several techniques to accomplish posterior spinal decompression, Read More …
Unilateral Laminotomy – Indications, Contraindications
In unilateral Laminotomy a part of or the entire lamina on one side of the affected vertebra is removed with or without adjacent tissues. Lumbar laminectomy continues to be one of the most common lumbar procedures performed for spinal stenosis. Currently, there Read More …
Lumbar Laminectomy – Indications, Contraindications
Lumbar laminectomy continues to be one of the most common lumbar procedures performed for spinal stenosis. Currently, there are several techniques to accomplish posterior spinal decompression, such as open or minimally invasive laminectomy, hemilaminectomy, laminotomies, and laminoplasty. Decompression techniques classify Read More …
Kyphoplasty – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Kyphoplasty is a procedure used to treat painful vertebral compression fractures in the spinal column, which are a common result of osteoporosis. Your doctor may use imaging guidance to inject a cement mixture into the fractured bone (vertebroplasty) or insert Read More …
Lower Back Pain Left Side – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Lower Back Pain Left Side/Low back pain is a kind of pain, muscle tension, muscle spasm, or stiffness localized in right and left the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain radiating pain (sciatica), It may be chronic when Read More …
Lower Left Back Pain – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Lower Left Back Pain/Low back pain is a kind of pain, muscle tension, muscle spasm, or stiffness localized in right and left the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain radiating pain (sciatica), It may be chronic when it Read More …
Lower Right Back Pain – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Lower Right Back Pai/Low back pain is a kind of pain, muscle tension, muscle spasm, or stiffness localized in right and left the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain radiating pain (sciatica), It may be chronic when it Read More …
