Spine Decompression Surgery

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Spine Decompression Surgery About the spine
condition Causes Symptoms Treatment
Options Recovery
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Some common spine conditions
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What is spine compression?

• Spine compression is a condition caused by
  pressure, or compression, on the spinal cord
  and/or nerve roots. 
• The spinal canal and the spinal nerve openings
  (foramen) become narrow because of
• - Bulging or collapsed disks, -
  thickened joints
• loosened ligaments and bony
• growths

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SYMPTOMS OF spine compression?

• Symptoms of spinal nerve compression include
• Pain
• Numbness
• Tingling
• Weakness
• Unsteadiness
• In extreme cases
• Paralysis and
• Problems with bladder and/or bowel function.

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What is the surgical solution? SPINE
DECOMPRESSION SURGERY

• This is surgery to decompress the spine.
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• This is done by
• Removing obstructing
• tissue
• Restoring width of spinal
• canal
• Removing bony
• overgrowths

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A FEW TYPES OF SPINE DECOMPRESSION SURGERY
Discectomy This involves removing a portion of
a disk to relieve pressure on the nearby nerve
roots
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A FEW TYPES OF SPINE DECOMPRESSION SURGERY

• Laminotomy or laminectomy
• The bony arches of the spinal canal called the
  lamina are removed.
• In laminotomy, just a section of the lamina is
  removed.
• In laminectomy, the entire lamina is removed.
• Removing the lamina increases the size of the
  spinal canal, relieving pressure.

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A FEW TYPES OF SPINE DECOMPRESSION SURGERY

• Foraminotomy or Foraminectomy
• Both procedures expand the openings for the nerve
  roots to exit the spinal cord by removing some
  bone and other tissue.
• In a foraminectomy a larger amount of bone and
  tissue is removed

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A FEW TYPES OF SPINE DECOMPRESSION SURGERY
Osteophyte removal This involves removing bony
growths called osteophytes or bone spurs.
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A FEW TYPES OF SPINE DECOMPRESSION SURGERY

• Corpectomy
• This is surgery to remove the body of a vertebra,
  as well as the disks

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SPINE DECOMPRESSION SURGERYTIMELINES
Medical opinion and cost Estimate 48 hours of
receiving medical reports Visa
4-5 working days Investigations
24-48 hours of arrival Hospital stay for
surgery 2-3 days for most
procedures Recuperation stay in India 5
days for most procedures Return to work
In 2 weeks for most cases
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