Do you suffer from back pain? Tried everything? Still in pain? Here is spine surgery to get off from back pain. TOSH Trauma & Orthopedic hospital offers the best spine surgery in Chennai.
Back pain is common among people of all age groups. Trauma, injuries to spine, aging etc are the reasons for back pain. Almost all back pain can be cured by physiotherapy, proper medication or by any other non-surgical procedures. When all these treatments fail, surgery is the preferred solution to get rid of back pain.
Common conditions affecting back
- Slipped disc
- Narrowing spinal canal
- Irritation or inflammation on nerve
- Fractures caused by injury
- After effect of other infectious disease
Types of Spine surgeries
1. Discectomy
This surgical method is preferred if the following symptoms occur.
- Leg pain
- Weakness
- Numbness
- Failure of non-surgical treatment
This surgery is done to remove herniated disc material that is pressed on to the spinal cord.
After surgery the patient gets complete relief from pain.
2.Foramenotomy
This surgery which is done to expand the narrowed hole that spinal nerve pass through as they exit the spine.
This narrowing can cause the following neurological symptoms.
- Tingling sensation
- Deep and steady pain
- Numbness
- Muscle weakness
3. Laminectomy
This surgery is done to remove bone spurs. In addition to this, bones and damaged disc are also removed.
Symptoms
- Heaviness in legs or buttocks
- Numbness
- Pain
- Experience difficulty in standing and walking.
In addition to above spine surgeries Spinal fusion (surgical method of joining two bones), Disc Replacement, Vertebroplasty/ Kyphoplasty ( here bone cement is injected into fractured bone to relieve pain) etc are also performed.
TOSH Trauma & Orthopedic hospital contains experienced orthopedic surgeons to perform the spine surgery. Come and see how we can guide you back to health.
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