2024年7月24日 · Diskectomy is considered safe. But as with any surgery, diskectomy carries a risk of complications. Potential complications include: Bleeding. Infection. Leaking spinal fluid. Injury to blood vessels or nerves in and around the spine. How you prepare. You'll likely need to avoid eating and drinking for a certain amount of time before surgery.

2024年6月19日 · Different types of back surgery include: Diskectomy. This surgery removes the damaged part of a disk in the spine. A diskectomy can relieve the pressure caused by a herniated disk. Laminectomy. This surgery removes the back part of a spinal bone to make more room for the spinal cord and nerves. Fusion.

2023年10月24日 · Plain X-rays don't detect herniated disks, but they can rule out other causes of back pain. X-rays can show an infection, a tumor, spinal alignment issues or a broken bone. CT scan. A CT scanner takes a series of X-rays from different directions. Those images are combined to create cross-sectional images of the spinal column and the structures ...

2024年11月26日 · Spinal fusion is surgery to connect two or more bones in any part of the spine. Connecting the bones prevents movement between them. Preventing movement helps prevent pain. During spinal fusion, a surgeon places bone or a bonelike material in the space between two spinal bones. Metal plates, screws or rods might hold the bones together.

2023年4月22日 · Although endoscopic spinal surgery was first performed decades ago, it has garnered increasing interest, due to recent innovations in endoscopic tools. "The most obvious potential benefit of endoscopy is less collateral damage to the surrounding tissues of the spinal column," Dr. Pirris says. "That generally means a shorter recovery period.

2023年10月24日 · What continues through the spinal canal is a group of long nerve roots that resembles a horse's tail, called the cauda equina. Rarely, disk herniation can compress the entire spinal canal, including all the nerves of the cauda equina. In rare instances, emergency surgery might be needed to avoid permanent weakness or paralysis.

2024年7月25日 · Laminectomy is surgery to remove the back arch or part of a spinal bone. This part of the bone, called the lamina, covers the spinal canal. Laminectomy enlarges the spinal canal to ease pressure on the spinal cord or nerves. Laminectomy is often done as part of a decompression surgery to relieve pressure.

2024年6月27日 · Spinal bones are stacked in a column from the skull to the tailbone. They protect the spinal cord, which runs through an opening called the spinal canal. Some people are born with a small spinal canal. But most spinal stenosis occurs when something happens to reduce the amount of open space within the spine. Causes of spinal stenosis include:

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2019年9月24日 · Research has established that the SI joint is the source of pain in nearly half of patients who experience new or continued low back pain after fusion surgery. Dr. Cross notes that SI joints normally move less than 1 millimeter. "But with force transfer after spinal fusion, the SI joints can move a couple of millimeters," he says. "For some ...