Neurosurgery

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion © Viewmedica

What is Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion?

This is surgery to alleviate pressure and pain caused by a damaged cervical disc in the neck.

When a disc in the neck region of the spine becomes ruptured or bursts as a result of damage to the surface, the soft material inside the disc comes out, hardens and can press on the nerves which run through the spinal column.

Pain is often felt as burning and may be accompanied by tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness in the neck, shoulders arms and hands.

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion © Viewmedica

Spinal Fusion (Sypondylodesis) is surgery to relieve backpain caused by hypermobility of vertebrae in your spine (Spondylolisthesis). The surgical fusion of vertebrae is called Spondylodesis. Spondylodesis also treatsspinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis.

Spondlylolisthesis is the name given to the condition when a vertebrae (single bone of the spine) slips forward and pinches the spinal cord and sensitive nerve roots in this area.

Artificial spinal disc or disc replacement: When is it necessary? © Spinal Kinetics

Total disc replacement is performed when a patient is experiencing pain from a pinched nerve in the lumbar spine due to a diseased or damaged disc.

Lumbar (lower back) spinal disc degeneration is one of the most commonly diagnosed spinal diseases among adults.

At the Gelenk-Klinik spinal centre we have worked hard to find safe and reliable ways to help patients with chronic back pain caused by lumbar spinal disc degeneration.

Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF) © Viewmedica

What is Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion?

Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF) is a highly specialised and innovative surgical procedure to alleviate pressure and pain in the back and legs. Back pain and pain radiating from the spine into the legs and arms results from damage to the nerve roots caused by degenerative disc disease.

Specialist diagnosis and treatment of a degenerated cervical disc © Viewmedica

A herniated cervical disc occurs when a disc in the neck region of the spine becomes ruptured or bursts as a result of damage to the surface. The soft material inside the disc comes out, hardens and can press on the nerves which run through the spinal column.

Expert diagnosis and treatment of spinal stenosis © Viewmedica

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal. Every nerve connecting the brain with the body passes through this spinal canal. Spinal stenosis consequently affects the function central nervous system. Every nerve of the peripheral nervous system providing control and feeling for muscles and limbs passes through the spinal canal. Pressure and narrowing of this passage can result in severe functional deficits and pain.