Medical Terms For Back Surgery

Laminectomy - Mayo Clinic

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Diskectomy - Mayo Clinic

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Diskectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the damaged portion of a herniated disk in your spine. A herniated disk can irritate or compress nearby nerves and …

Spinal fusion - Mayo Clinic

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Spinal fusion is surgery to connect two or more bones in any part of the spine. Connecting them prevents movement between them. Preventing movement …

Back Surgery: Types, Recovery, Risks, and Benefits

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Back Surgery Pros and Cons. Each type comes with its own risks and benefits. Spinal fusion. This is the most common surgery for chronic nonspecific back pain with …

Spinal Fusion Terms and Glossary - OrthoInfo - AAOS

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In spinal fusion surgery, an anterior fusion in the lumbar spine is done by making an incision in the abdomen (belly). For a fusion in the cervical spine, the incision is made in …

Glossary of Spinal Terms - SpineUniverse

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Glossary of Spinal Terms. Sep 10, 2019. Allograft Bone (ie, donor bone) – Sterile bone derived from another human which is used for grafting procedures. Anterior – …

Back surgery: When is it a good idea? - Mayo Clinic

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By Mayo Clinic Staff. Back surgery can help ease some causes of back pain, but it's rarely necessary. Most back pain gets better on its own within three months. …

Vertebroplasty - Mayo Clinic

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Vertebroplasty procedure. Vertebroplasty is a treatment that injects cement into a cracked or broken spinal bone to help relieve pain. Spinal bones are called …

Back Surgery - Types & Recovery | Made for This Moment

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Back Surgery. Most pain in the lower back can be treated without surgery. In fact, surgery often does not relieve the pain; research suggests that 20 to 40 percent of back surgeries …

Glossary - Understandable Definitions of Medical Terms

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The Spine-health Medical Glossary provides accurate, easy-to-understand definitions for common (and not-so-common) terms related to chronic pain, spine surgery, back pain, …