A 93-year-old woman underwent a successful 2-level lumbar decompression with spinal anesthesia, according to a case study published June 23 in the Journal of Neurosurgery. She had laminectomies at L4 ...

Other Causes of Cervical Myelopathy. Besides the gradual wear and tear of the spine, cervical myelopathy can also be caused by the ossification ... Others may benefit from spine decompression surgery ...

Arthritis of the spine causes swelling in the spinal joints and development of bony spurs (known as osteophytes) at the edges of the spine where the “roof" meets the “walls” (known as facet joints).

Spinal spacers help push the vertebrae apart and keep them aligned. One study showed that in the five years after having the MILD procedure, only 12% of people needed spine decompression surgery. Is ...

Specific spinal decompression surgery depends on what is causing the nerve compression. ... Likewise, damage to the C5 nerve root (called C5 palsy) may occur from cervical spinal decompressive surgery ...

Introduction Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis may have poor balance, decreased physical function and problems maintaining physical activity levels due to radiculopathy. Decompressive surgery is ...

Most common types of surgery for spinal stenosis: — Lumbar decompression — also called a lumbar laminectomy — is the most frequently performed surgical treatment for patients with spinal ...

The diagnosis was spinal stenosis with left L3 and L4 radiculopathy, and elective lumbar decompression surgery was scheduled a few days later. Figure 1 ( A ) Sagittal plane of preoperative MRI shows ...