Common Spine Surgery
- Foraminotomy: Bone and/or other fibrous tissue is removed in and around the foramen to decompress the affected nerve root
- Laminectomy: The vertebral lamina is removed to decompress the central canal or to relieve pressure secondary to spondylosis and spondylolisthesis
- Discectomy: A portion of the herniated disc is removed to decompress nervous tissue; involves a laminectomy to access disc contents
- Fusion: Use of hardware, bone grafts, screws and metal cages to eliminate segmental motion due to instability and/or pain
- Disc replacement: replacement of IVD with prosthesis
- Vertebroplasty: bone is injected with cement-like compound to increase strength of bone tissue following compression fracture
Post-operative Complications
- thrombophlebitis
- pulmonary infection
- hardware failure
- persistent pain
- sexual dysfunction
- spinal cord injury
- pseudoarthosis