Stenosis Surgery

Stenosis Surgery

A decision to have stenosis surgery often depends on whether the patient is suffering from lumbar stenosis (when a spinal nerve root is compressed) or cervical stenosis (when the spinal cord is compressed), and the severity of the patient's symptoms. For spinal stenosis in the lumbar spine, stenosis surgery is usually not recommended unless needed after non-surgical treatments have not provided sufficient pain relief. Most patients with cervical stenosis do not require surgery; however, when progressive spinal cord dysfunction (myelopathy) is present, a surgical opinion is often necessary.

Different stenosis surgeries include but are not limited to laminectomy, corpectomy and X-STOP, all of which are explained in more detail below.

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