Spine Surgery:
Spine Surgery:
Spine surgery is a medical procedure performed to treat various conditions affecting the spine, aiming to relieve pain, improve function, or stabilize the spine. It’s typically considered when conservative treatments like medication, physical therapy, or injections have not provided sufficient relief or when the condition causes neurological deficits.
There are several types of spine surgeries, each targeting specific spinal conditions:
- Discectomy: This procedure involves removing part of a herniated or bulging disc that is pressing on a nerve root or the spinal cord, causing pain or neurological symptoms.
- Spinal Fusion: Spinal fusion involves joining two or more vertebrae together using bone grafts, screws, rods, or cages. It’s done to stabilize the spine, usually after removing a damaged disc or in conditions like spinal instability, degenerative disc disease, or spinal deformities like scoliosis.
- Laminectomy: A laminectomy is the removal of the lamina (part of the vertebrae) to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerves caused by conditions like spinal stenosis, where the spinal canal narrows and compresses the nerves.
- Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty: These minimally invasive procedures involve injecting bone cement into fractured vertebrae to stabilize and alleviate pain caused by vertebral compression fractures due to osteoporosis or trauma.
- Artificial Disc Replacement: In this procedure, an artificial disc is implanted to replace a damaged or degenerated disc. It aims to maintain spinal flexibility while relieving pain.