The spinal cord is the primary artery linking the brain to the nervous system. Only a sudden movement or a violent blow to the spine will leave the vertebrae with injuries like a fracture or dislocated vertebrae. These injuries could be temporary or permanent. Spinal fusion surgery is done to repair the debilitating vertebral section.
Spine surgery experts are incorporating innovative surgical techniques for high operation success rates. Robotic spine surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery are these style techniques. Spinal surgery needs an experienced surgeon for the accuracy of the method; the surgeon has to make incisions at a particular site of the body to repair damaged spinal tissues.
Types of Spine Surgery:-
Many Spine surgeries are available in India for serious spine injury and deformity. Surgeons can choose from the operations below as per the patient’s condition.
Discectomy:- A part of the disc that lies between each vertebra is removed. A herniated disc is the most often done spinal procedures. Herniated disc removal relieves the pressure on the nerves and stabilizes the spinal cord again.
Foraminotomy:– In this operation, the nerve is being pinched by more than just herniated bone. A foraminotomy is done to removes a small piece of bone and other tissue that may be compressing the nerve when it enters the spinal column.
Spinal Fusion Surgery:– Spinal Fusion Surgery in India requires a bone transplant to allow two vertebral bodies to develop together into a single long bone. The bone graft may be taken from the patient’s hip also known as autograft bone and from cadaver bone or allograft bone, or produced (synthetic bone graft substitute). Spinal Disc Replacement is a modern procedure that is done to treat different forms of back pain for preventing the complications associated with spine fusion surgery.
Anterior Cervical Corpectomy Spine Surgery:– Often cervical disease covers more than the disc space region, your orthopedic surgeon can advise you to remove the vertebral body as well as the disc spaces at both ends, to eventually widen the cervical canal.
Cervical Surgery:- Cervical Surgery conducted for several documented cervical issues. The aim of cervical surgery is to numbness, alleviate pain, weakness, tingling, and restore nerve function. The surgery can help you to prevent irregular spinal movement.
Lumbar Laminectomy:- Lumbar Laminectomy helps to cure spinal stenosis, leg pain because of herniated discs and other related spine disorders. In Laminectomy the lamina (roof) of the vertebrae is removed or trimmed to make more room for the nerves.
Spine Procedures:- lumbar spine procedure is conducted using a surgical endoscope and microsurgical techniques. This is performed by orthopedic surgeons and specialist neurosurgeons who specialize in diagnosing the causes of spine and neck pain.
Vertebroplasty:- In this procedure, a particular type of synthetic cement is injected into the broken spine bone. This surgery can help patients in osteoporotic fractures, painful spine bones after the spread of cancer, non-cancerous painful tumors of spine bones or to augment the strength of weak spine bone before insertion of screws to extend the holding power of the delicate bones for alternative surgical procedures.
Some of the Common Spinal Disorders Include:- Popular Spinal Disorders Facet joint osteoarthritis is a progressive process that breaks down the cartilage between joints. The loss of cartilage creates more friction between the joints, resulting in discomfort and stiffness. This condition may also result in the compression of nerves, which causes pain as well.
Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal or neural passageways (foramina) that can put pressure on nerves in the spinal cord. Stenosis is a natural product of aging, and wear and tear on the spine.
Degenerative disc disease is a progressive process that affects the structural integrity of discs. When people age their disc moisture decreases which results in discs that can shrink, wrinkle, and even crack. The compressed nerves can swell and cause pain.
Spondylolisthesis is a disorder where one vertebra slides over another, causing spine misalignment and instability. They can be present at birth and grow over time or be the result of physical activity or aging spinal sections, such as discs.
In addition to these specific conditions associated with back pain, there are several other potential causes of chronic pain, including pregnancy, illness, cancer, and tumors. Pregnancy affects the back and may lead to pain that lasts several months, but usually, this pain subsides and is not indicative of a chronic condition. In any case, persistent pain requires that the sufferer seek a more specific and obvious problem after a wait-and-see period has elapsed.