Operation

MINOR SPINE PROCEDURES:

  • Root blocks
  • Facet blocks
  • Epidural injections

INTERMEDIATE SPINE PROCEDURES:

  • Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (Keyhole discectomy)
  • Annuloplasty
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Kyphoplasty

 

MAJOR SPINE PROCEDURES:

Microdiskectomy

  • removal of bulging or prolapsed disc that presses on to adjacent nerves

Decompression Laminectomy

  • removal of overgrowth of bone and soft tissue that presses onto nerves

Arthroplasty

  • replacement of the degenerated spinal unit with an artificial joint

 

discectomy spine disc

 spine laminectomy

 

spine disc replacement

Fusion procedures

  • surgical procedures that halt excessive spinal motion usually necessitating the use of screws, rods, cages and bone graft.

Deformity correction

  • the correction of abnormal postures and angulations in the spine ( eg scoliosis )
 
 spine fusion TLIF pedicle screws cage  idiopathic spine scoliosis treatment brace