Disc Pain Help

http://neckandback.com Dr. Donald Corenman is a renowned spine surgeon with the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO. He offers this video of a minimally invasive cervical foraminotomy.

This patient developed a disc herniation in his neck that compressed the nerve root causing significant neck pain, arm pain and weakness. In this situation with a disc herniation, the patient had a choice of an ACDF (anterior cervical decompression and fusion- see video of this procedure) or a posterior foraminotomy. He elected the foraminotomy. This procedure is performed through a small tube (minimally invasive) under a microscope. In this video, note that the lamina is exposed, a small opening is make with a burr and the nerve root is decompressed using very small probes and tools.

Recovery is very quick. There is a small chance of another disc herniation (recurrent herniation) in the future as the hole in the disc wall does not heal. Recovery from this procedure is generally very quick.

You can view more spine related presentations for public viewing by visiting: http://www.slideshare.net/neckandback ; For spine images, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/neckandback/ ; To visit Dr. Corenman on LinkedIn, visit: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drdonaldcorenmanspinesurgeon

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