Spinal Cord Doctor
Cervical Surgery
Cervical surgery includes as anterior cervical followed by bone fusion and posterior laminectomy. Bone fusion cervical surgery will prolong surgical recovery and once healed, the neck motion will be restricted. Posterior laminectomy provides an extra room behind the spinal cord.
Cervical stenosis is a condition in which the spinal cord is small for the nerve roots and the spinal cord. And this condition can cause damage to the spinal cord. Damage to the nerve root and spinal cord may occur, resulting in a condition called myeloradiculopathy.
Cervical stenosis is often caused by a number of factors which combine to cause a critical level of spinal cord compression at the time symptoms may develop. Factors that contribute to the development of cervical stenosis include shorter than average pedicles, degenerative arthritis causing excessive bone growth.
Some of the common painful sensations in patients with spinal stenosis are the neck pain, pain in one or both arms and a sensation that shoots down the back when the head moves In the advance stages of the cervical stenosis, problem with bowel and bladder function can result, in addition to weakness and numbness in the feet and legs which can cause difficult walking.
We work for the patients, closely with them and many different health care practitioners to choose the different treatment plan that are best suited to their needs. But you may have noticed that cervical stenosis doesn’t always get worse and cause progressive symptoms. Some people have mild symptoms which are not bothersome enough to seek treatment.
If the cervical stenosis surgery is necessary, there are two basic cervical surgeries that are performed depending on the cause and location of the stenosis, cervical surgery can be performed from the front which is referred as anterior cervical fusion and the cervical surgery that is performed from the back of the neck is commonly known as posterior laminectomy.
