Spine Surgery In Chennai | Orthopedic Surgery In India

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Spine Surgery

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The vertebrae protect your spinal cord and allow you to stand and bend. A number of problems can change the structure of the spine or damage the vertebrae and surrounding tissue.

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One of the symptoms of spinal injury is back pain and can be cured by proper medications, physical therapies and nonsurgical treatments. When these kinds of treatments do not help you from back pain, surgery may be indicated.

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Causes Of Back pain

The result of an

A muscle spasm

abrupt and Lifting something

awkward movement

improperly

Lifting something that is too heavy

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Arthritis

Ruptured disks

Abnormal curvature of the spine www.toshhospitals.com

Osteoporosis


A variety of surgeries are performed depending on the injury to the spine. Some of them are

Discectomy Foramenotomy Laminectomy Spinal Fusion Disc Replacement Vertebroplasty/ Kyphoplasty www.toshhospitals.com


Discectomy This surgery is done in order to remove herniated disc material which press on the spinal cord or on a nerve root. It can be done open (Open Discectomy) or using a special microscope (Microscopic discectomy).

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Foramenotomy This is a decompression surgery which is done in order to expand the canal where the spinal nerve root exits the spinal canal

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Laminectomy The surgical procedure to remove a portion of the vertebral bone (lamina) is known as laminectomy

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Spinal Fusion Spinal fusion (spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis) is the surgical method of joining two or more verebrae

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Disc Replacement Disc replacement is a surgical procedure in which degenerated intervertebral discs in the spine are replaced with artificial devices

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Vertebroplasty Vertebroplasty is a procedure in which bone cement is injected through a small hole in the skin (percutaneously) into a fractured vertebra with the goal of relieving back pain caused by vertebral compression fractures.

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