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Spine Surgery

Spinal Decompression

Spinal decompression surgery is a general term that refers to various procedures intended to relieve symptoms caused by pressure, or compression, on the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. You have several options, including a corpectomy, a discectomy, a laminotomy, a foraminotomy, or osteophyte removal.

Spinal Disc Replacement

Discectomy

It is a type of spine surgery that is used to treat the herniated disc in the vertebrae. A disc separates two vertebrae and if it herniates inwards it presses on the spinal nerves causing pain. In discectomy all or part of the disc is removed.

Spinal Fusion

A surgical technique used to join two vertebrae. Spinal fusion may include the use of bone graft with or without instrumentation (eg, rods, screws). There are different types of bone graft, such as your own bone (autograft) and donor bone (allograft). A fusion can be accomplished by different approaches:

ALIF, PLIF, TLIF, LIF: All pertain to lumbar interbody fusion used to stabilize the spinal vertebrae and eliminate movement between the bones.

  1. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  2. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  3. Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion indicates a surgical approach through the foramen.
  4. Lateral Interbody Fusion in which the minimally invasive approach is from the side of the body.

Spinal Instrumentation

Examples of spinal instrumentation include plates, bone screws, rods, and interbody devices; although, there are other types of devices your surgeon may recommend in treatment of your spinal disorder. The purpose of instrumentation is to stabilize or fix the spine in position until the fusion solidifies.
  1. An interbody cage is a permanent prosthesis left in place to maintain the foraminal height (eg, space between two vertebral bodies) and decompression following surgery.
  2. Interspinous process devices (ISP) reduce the load on the facet joints, restore foraminal height, and provide stability in order to improve the clinical outcome of surgery. An advantage of an ISP is that it requires less exposure to place within the spine and therefore is a MISS procedure.
  3. Pedicle screws help to hold the vertebral body in place until the fusion is complete.

Spinal Surgeries

Back pain is one of the most common health problems prevalent among a large number of people around the world. Continuously sitting for long hours, lack of exercise and unhealthy working habits are some of the most common causes of back pain. Typically, back pain is treated with simple medications or exercises. It is only when all this fails and quality of life is severely affected that the doctors recommend spine surgery to treat severe and prolonged back pain condition.
Usually, doctors recommend surgery as a treatment option for spinal problems after several months of all other treatment, which fail to provide any relief to the patient’s back problem. There are different kinds of spinal surgeries that the doctors may recommend after thoroughly assessing your health condition. Some of the most common types of spine surgery are listed below:

Foraminotomy

This type of surgical procedure involves removing the tissues that compress the nerves in the back. During the surgery process, the surgeons removes parts of the bone that constricts the nerves in the spinal column. As stability of the spine is sometimes affected, a procedure called spinal fusion is also done.

Laminectomy

This of the most widely recommended type of spine surgery for spinal conditions caused by spondylolisthesis and stenosis. The surgery involves removing parts of the back bone, to relieve pressure on the spinal nerves. The surgery is usually performed in combination with spine fusion surgery when instability of spine is suspected.

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DR. ANIL RAHEJA

Orthopedic surgeon,

Spine Surgeon (Ortho), Spine And Pain Specialist

MBBS, MS – Orthopaedic

Nova Specialty Hospital

Years Of Experience : 28

DR. MADHUR MAHNA

Orthopedic surgeon

Joint Replacement Surgeon, Spine And Pain Specialist

MBBS, DNB – Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital

Years Of Experience : 15

DR. KUNAL ANEJA

Orthopedic surgeon

Joint Replacement Surgeon, Orthopedic surgeon,Spine And Pain Specialist

MBBS, MS – Orthopaedics, DNB – Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Max Super Speciality Hospital

Years Of Experience : 12

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