Spine surgery
Everything about spine surgery
In many cases, the patient can recover with non-surgical treatments such as physiotherapy, home exercises or spinal injections. If the body does not respond positively to these treatments, spine surgery is suggested.
Problems in the arms and legs that have a nervous origin
People with scoliosis (abnormal curvature of the spine)
People who suffer from back and neck pain caused by spine problems
Doctor specializing in spine surgery
Orthopedic and neurosurgeons can both treat spine problems. There used to be a belief that if a patient has significant problems in his nervous system, it is better to use a spine and neurosurgeon for his treatment such as closed spine surgery, but this notion is no longer true. Today, it is said that when faced with these problems, it is necessary to use the services of a person or a specialist who has sufficient expertise in spine problems, in other words, a back and spine specialist and has expertise in its surgery.
When deciding on surgery, the role of the spine surgeon is to educate you and help you in the decision-making process, and they will provide you with information about a wide range of options and what is technically possible, the difficulty and risk of the procedure and It describes its potential benefits. Therefore, it is important to choose a spine surgeon who provides you with correct information.
People who have unexplained back pain, spine surgery is not recommended and conservative treatment should be recommended. The following diagnostic tests can be mentioned:
MRI
Discogram
Spinal surgery procedures
Discectomy or microdiscectomy
In this surgery, the intervertebral disc herniation is removed to remove the pressure on the compressed nerve. Microdiscectomy surgery is one of the minimally invasive spine surgeries.
Laminectomy
In this surgery, the thin bony plate behind the spine or lamina is removed. This work increases the space between the spinal canal and reduces the pressure.
Laminotomy
In this surgery, a part of the lamina vertebral arch that covers the spinal cord is removed by the surgeon. In this surgery, a smaller amount of bone will be removed than in lainectomy surgery. Laminectomy and laminotomy methods are decompression surgery methods. In these surgical methods, the compression of the spinal nerves is resolved by the tissue.
Foraminotomy
In this surgical method, the tissue or bone that forms the passage where the nerve roots branch off from the spinal cord and exit the spine will be removed.