Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion Jupiter Island Port St. Lucie Ft Fort Pierce Vero Beach US Virgin Islands Florida FL

Cervical laminectomy is a surgical procedure in which the spinal canal is made larger by removing the spinous process and the lamina. This reduces neck pain and relieves the pressure on the spinal cord caused by the degenerative changes in the intervertebral discs in the cervical region.

During the procedure, your surgeon makes an incision in the center, at the back of your neck. The muscles are moved aside, the arteries and nerves in the neck are secured. Once the access to the spine is gained, the lamina of the affected vertebra is removed along with the bone spurs if present. Sometimes, cervical fusion surgery is done along with cervical laminectomy procedure. This is to prevent the risk of developing spinal instability that may lead to pain.

Cervical fusion is a neurosurgical procedure that is performed to relieve pressure over one or more nerve roots or on the spinal cord. The cervical fusion procedure stabilizes two or more vertebrae by fusing them together. Neck pain is also relieved as there is no more vertebral movement.

During the cervical fusion procedure, your surgeon makes a small incision in front of the neck. The neck muscles are moved aside and the affected intervertebral disc is removed. This process is called decompression, which relieves pressure on the nerves and spinal cord. The disc is replaced with a bone graft which will gradually fuse with the vertebrae. The bone graft helps in fusion of the bone. Metal plates or pins may also be placed to help the vertebrae to fuse better. You may need to wear a neck collar for a period of about a month following the surgery so that healing occurs.

The results of the cervical laminectomy are variable, since some people have more extensive disease than others. In general, after the laminectomy most patients can expect to regain:

Some spinal cord function
Improvement in their hand function and walking capabilities
Less or no numbness in their hands (if there was a lot of numbness prior to the surgery, it probably won’t go away completely)

If the cervical laminectomy and cervical fusion simply prevent progression of the spinal cord damage (myelopathy) and there is no loss of function due to the surgery, both the patient and spine surgeon should consider it successful.

Spine Surgery Procedures

Here are a few of the spinal surgeries and cutting-edge techniques Dr. Lenard uses:

Cervical Laminoplasty

Cervical Laminoplasty is the reshaping and repositioning of bones to relieve pressure on the spinal nerves in the cervical spine (neck). It is commonly performed to treat spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal). Read More

Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

An anterior lumbar interbody fusion is removing of disc or bone material from between two adjacent lumbar (lower back) vertebrae. The space is then bridged with a bone or metal spacer. It is can be performed as an open surgery or using minimally invasive techniques. Read More

Lumbar Laminectomy

A lumbar laminectomy is a procedure in which bone is removed from the lower spine. It relieves pressure on the spinal nerve. It is performed to treat pain from pressure on the nerve from lumbar stenosis. Read More

PLIF and TLIF

Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion are two types of spinal fusion procedures that mend the spinal bones together. Both of these procedures are used through an incision in the posterior (back) and are minimally invasive. Read More

Balloon Kyphoplasty

A balloon kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that is used to treat vertebral compression fractures (VCF). These fractures are often painful and limit spine mobility, and are commonly caused by osteoporosis, spinal tumors, or traumatic injury. In kyphoplasty, small incisions are made in the back and tiny balloons are inflated next to the fracture in order to push the bones back into place. The bone is then cemented in place in order to strengthen it and to stabilize the fracture. Read More

Microdiscectomy

Microdiscectomy, which is also referred to as microlumbar discectomy (MLD), is a procedure performed to relieve pain for patients with a herniated disc. The cause of the pain is the soft gel in the center of the disc leaking out and putting pressure on a nerve root. MLD consists of a minimally invasive removal of the herniated portion of the disc (the jelly) and any broken disc fragments. It is one of the most common surgeries performed by spinal surgeons, if not the most common. Read More

Spinal Fusion Surgery

A spinal fusion is a procedure that involves placing bone graft material between adjacent vertebrae to promote bone growth that joins together, or “fuses” the two structures. The procedure can be performed using minimally invasive surgical techniques in some cases. Read More

XLIF

Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) is an approach to spinal fusion in which the surgeon accesses the discs between vertebrae and fuses the lumbar (lower spine) using a surgical approach from the side of the body, rather than the front or back. Read More

Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy

A posterior cervical foraminotomy is a minimally invasive procedure used to relieve the symptoms of a pinched nerve in the cervical spine (neck). A posterior cervical foraminotomy enlarges the neural foramen around a pinched nerve. The neural foramen is the opening through which a nerve root exits the spine. Read More

Posterior Cervical Fusion

Posterior cervical fusion is a procedure that allows two or more vertebrae (bones) in the cervical spine (neck) to grow together into one solid bone. It is done through an incision in the back of the neck. A bone graft is attached to allow the vertebrae to fuse together. Read More

Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion

A cervical laminectomy and fusion is a procedure to make the spinal canal larger by removing the spinous process (bony projection on the back of a vertebra) and lamina (bony arch on either side of the spinous process). Read More

Stem Cell Therapy for Back Pain

Stem cell therapy is a treatment that can be used for severe spinal cord injuries that result in damage to nerve cells in the spine. Stem cells can be used to repair or replace the nerve cells in the spine which were killed as a result of the injury to the spine. Read More

Anterior Cervical Corpectomy Spine Surgery

An anterior cervical corpectomy spine surgery and fusion is removal of vertebral bone and spinal disc material. It is performed in order to reduce pressure on the spinal cord and spinal nerves in the cervical spine (neck). Spinal fusion is the placing of bone grafts between the vertebrae to promote bone growth. Read More

Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

An anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is the most common procedure used to treat damaged cervical discs. It relieves pressure on the nerve roots or spinal cord by removing the ruptured disc. A bone graft is then placed in the space previously occupied by the disc. Read More

VIA Disc NP

VIA Disc NP is a non-surgical off-the-shelf, processed human nucleus pulposus (NP) allograft intended to supplement degenerated intervertebral discs (IVDs). Read More

Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion

Spine Surgery Procedures

Cervical Laminoplasty

Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Lumbar Laminectomy

PLIF and TLIF

Balloon Kyphoplasty

Microdiscectomy

Spinal Fusion Surgery

XLIF

Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy

Posterior Cervical Fusion

Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion

Stem Cell Therapy for Back Pain

Anterior Cervical Corpectomy Spine Surgery

Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

VIA Disc NP

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