Spine surgery

Spine Surgery

Understand the scope of Spine surgery, the questions to ask and the public profiles connected to this field of care.

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Overview

Understanding the Specialty

Spine surgery covers several possible care pathways. The appropriate assessment, alternatives, expected benefits, risks and follow-up depend on each person’s health and must be discussed with a qualified professional. Elysium Guide provides orientation and does not diagnose or recommend a treatment.

Related Procedures

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Fusion and motion preservation4

Spinal fusion

Spinal fusion stabilises selected vertebrae using bone graft and sometimes instrumentation, reducing movement at the treated level. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)

ACDF removes a cervical disc through the front of the neck, decompresses neural structures and fuses the treated level. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Cervical disc replacement

Cervical disc replacement removes a selected disc and places a motion-preserving implant; it is not suitable for every anatomy or diagnosis. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Lumbar disc replacement

Lumbar disc replacement removes a selected lumbar disc through an anterior approach and places a motion-preserving implant after strict assessment. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Decompression, discs and injections5

Spinal decompression

Spinal decompression removes selected bone or ligament to create space for compressed neural structures. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Discectomy

Discectomy removes disc material that is compressing a nerve; imaging findings must match symptoms and clinical examination. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Posterior cervical foraminotomy

Posterior cervical foraminotomy enlarges the opening around a selected nerve root from the back of the neck, sometimes without fusion. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Cervical laminoplasty

Cervical laminoplasty expands the spinal canal by reshaping posterior bone while retaining a hinged arch at selected levels. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Image-guided spinal injection

Image-guided spinal injection is an umbrella term for selected epidural, nerve-root, facet or sacroiliac injections used for diagnostic or symptom-management purposes. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Fracture and deformity3

Vertebral augmentation

Vertebral augmentation includes vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, which inject cement into a selected vertebral body for specific fracture or tumour-related situations. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Spinal fracture stabilization

Spinal fracture stabilization aims to restore or protect alignment and stability, with decompression added when neural structures require it. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Spinal deformity correction

Spinal deformity correction combines selected releases, osteotomies, decompression and instrumentation to address alignment and function in complex cases. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Tumour, infection and revision6

Spinal biopsy

A spinal biopsy obtains tissue from a vertebra, disc or spinal lesion for laboratory diagnosis, usually with image guidance or during surgery. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Spinal tumour surgery

Spinal tumour surgery may obtain diagnosis, decompress neural structures, remove tumour and reconstruct stability within a multidisciplinary cancer plan. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Intradural spinal tumour surgery

Intradural or intramedullary tumour surgery uses microsurgical techniques to biopsy or remove a lesion beside or within the spinal cord. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Surgery for spinal infection

Surgery for spinal infection may obtain cultures, drain or debride infected tissue, decompress neural structures and restore stability alongside specialist anti-infective care. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Revision spine surgery

Revision spine surgery addresses a defined problem after previous surgery, such as recurrent compression, non-fusion, infection, implant or deformity. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Spinal dural repair

Spinal dural repair closes a tear or cerebrospinal-fluid leak discovered during surgery or treated as a separate complication. This page explains the questions to ask and the continuity of care to plan.

Doctors

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Healthcare Institutions

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AANS — Minimally invasive spine surgery

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