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What types of Back Surgeries are available?
Here I will quote from the Mayo clinics online website:
- Diskectomy. This involves removal of the herniated portion of a disc to relieve pressure on a nerve. It’s done as an open surgery and typically involves full or partial removal of the back portion of a vertebra (lamina) to access the ruptured disc.
- Laminectomy. This procedure involves the removal of the lamina that overlays the spinal canal. It enlarges the spinal canal and is performed to relieve nerve pressure caused by spinal stenosis.
- Fusion. Spinal fusion permanently connects two or more bones in your spine. It can relieve pain by adding stability to a spinal fracture or when there’s excessive motion between vertebrae. It may also be used to eliminate painful motion between vertebrae that can result from a degenerated or injured disc.
- Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET). In this treatment, doctors insert a needle through a catheter into the disc. The needle is heated to a high temperature for up to 20 minutes. The heat thickens and seals the disc wall, reducing disc bulge and the related spinal nerve irritation.
- Vertebroplasty. During this procedure, a surgeon injects bone cement into compressed vertebrae. For fractured and compressed vertebrae, this procedure can help stabilize fractures and relieve pain. With a similar procedure — called kyphoplasty — a balloon-like device is inserted to expand compressed vertebrae before bone cement is injected.
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