4 Common Types of Spine Surgeries That You Should Know

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4 Common Types of Spine Surgeries That You Should
Know

• Our spine is the backbone of every day to day
  movement which is why the pain in the back can be
  so debilitating. It drastically reduces our
  quality of life not even allowing us to rest
  properly. A complex and robust structure made
  from bones, discs, muscles, ligament, and joints,
  there are so many ways back health can go wrong.
• Be it due to regular wear or tear, spine injury
  or even spinal condition, the back pain one of
  the most common problems suffered by people
  around the world. And from physical therapy to
  surgical procedure there are many treatment
  options for back pain based on the etiology of
  the pain.

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4 Common Types of Spine Surgeries That You Should
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• When is Spine Surgery Needed?
• Spine surgery is considered a last resort
  by spine surgeons only after all the other
  non-surgical methods like physical therapy,
  medication fails to provide adequate relief to
  the respective spine problems.
• Types of Spine Surgeries
• Treatable deformities like scoliosis are some of
  the common spinal conditions that can be
  completely corrected by a spinal surgeon
  like Jwalant S.Mehta. Just like the back problem
  is an umbrella term for all spine issues, the
  term back surgery encapsulates all typed of
  surgeries to the spine. However, all spine
  surgeries can be more or less classified into 4
  common surgeries which are as follows

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4 Common Types of Spine Surgeries That You Should
Know

• Laminectomy
• The compression of the spine can put pressure on
  the nerves causing back and leg pain. Laminectomy
  is a decompression surgery that is performed by
  removing the lamina (spinal bone) and the
  ligament, the causes this spinal compression.
  This compression can also be caused by bulging
  discs, joints, ligament tissues which are also
  surgically removed by the spinal surgeon to
  relieve the pain.
• Laminectomy is commonly performed by Spinal
  Surgeon Mr.Jwalant S.Mehta to relieve pressure on
  nerves in the back, treat numbness back pain
  caused by nerve damage and remove bone spurs.

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4 Common Types of Spine Surgeries That You Should
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• Spinal Fusion
• Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure that is
  commonly performed to treat spinal instability
  problems caused by Scoliosis, degenerative disc
  diseases or any other severe spinal alignment
  problems. Spinal fusion is often the last resort
  and also one of the most effective treatment
  procedures performed to treat idiopathic,
  neuromuscular or degenerative scoliosis.
• It is commonly performed by Spine Specialist Mr.
  Jwalant S.Mehta to reduce spinal deformity by
  straightening the spinal curve, treat
  spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis,
  herniation or other degenerative disc disorders.

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4 Common Types of Spine Surgeries That You Should
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• Kyphoplasty/ Vertebroplasty
• Vertebroplasty /Kyphoplasty is a procedure that
  is performed to treat vertebrae compress
  fractures. When the vertebrae fractures and is
  left without any treatment, it can result in
  intense pain and posture deformity.
  Vertebroplasty is a procedure where the vertebrae
  are strengthened and bought back to normal
  position by inserting bone cement into each
  fractured vertebrae. This procedure further
  prevents the collapse, treats the fractures and
  improves osteoporosis conditions.
• Discectomy
• Just like Laminectomy, Discectomy is the
  procedure of removing the material that is
  responsible for putting pressure on the spinal
  nerves. It can also involve the removal of
  herniated side of spinal discs which put pressure
  in the spine. This procedure is performed to help
  treat the leg/buttock pain, weakness, and
  numbness, and mobility, balance issues suffered
  by patients due to pressure in the nerves.

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4 Common Types of Spine Surgeries That You Should
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• All the above procedures are performed by a
  spinal surgeon only when the patient is
  physically and mentally are healthy to recover
  from the surgery procedure. If your back is
  troubling you or you are looking to schedule your
  spinal surgery you can contact Mr. Jwalant S.
  Mehta is the Best Children and Adult Spinal
  Surgeons in the UK.

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Contact us

• Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
• BMI The Priory Hospital
• Spire Parkway Hospital
• Bromsgrove Private Clinic

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• Clinical secretary Samantha Leavy 44 785 021
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• Spire Parkway Hospital 0121 704 5500
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