Laparoscopic surgery is also termed as endoscopic surgery, related to the spine. It is a minimally invasive surgical technique, which is used from two decaded. This procedure is performed to remove or repair the organs surgially, in the body, with small incisions made. The advantages of this procedure are, minimal complications, less tissues of surroundings

Lumbar corpectomy, or anterior lumbar corpectomy is a surgical procedure, which is performed for spinal decompression. The damaged tissues and  vertebrae that cause the pinch of the nerve roots are removed with the help of this procedure. The spine will then be stabilized with the help of a cage or graft by inserting in the

Lumbar posterior fusion surgery is the most likely and commonly conducted fusion surgery for treating the low back problems. Basically, fusion surgery has the objective of joining two or more than two bones into a single solid bone. The procedure is called as posterior lumbar fusion, as the surgeon accesses the spine from the back

Lumbar tumor is one of the spinal tumors. In macro level, the spinal tumors are classified as primary tumors and secondary tumors. Primary tumors are the tumors occurred in the spinal structures and secondary tumors are spread from anywhere in the body to the spine as metastases of cancers. The tumors can be either benign

Spine surgery used to be performed as an open surgery, which needs linger incision to be done to open the specific parts of the body for operation, as it gives more access to the anatomy. However, with the advanced technology, severe neck and back conditions can be treated now with minimally invasive surgical techniques. When

Spinal decompression is the pressure relieved on the nerves, which have got pinched, over the spinal column. The decompression can be done either by surgical procedure or non surgical procedure. Surgical procedure is opted to be done, when the conventional non-surgical procedure found to be of no help. Non surgical procedures are usually conducted for

Spinal fusion surgery is the spine surgery performed to combine and join two or more bones of the spine together, so that the movement in between them can be avoided. The bones in the spine are called vertebrae. Need for the Surgery Spinal fusion is a part of the surgical procedure that is done to

Tumor is the mass formed by rapid growing cells, which have no physiological function and the mass gathered becomes abnormal. Though it does not perform any physiological function in the human body, the derivation of its nutrition is continued from the body. Tumors can be developed anywhere in the body and the tumors that are

Spine Total Disc Replacement, TDR is also termed as Artificial Disc Replacement or ADR. It is one kind of arthroplasty. The artificial discs must be approved by the national medical authorites and are usually made up of combination of plastic and metal or only metal. This surgical procedure is performed to replace the lumbar or

Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty are one of the two approaches, performed commonly for vertebral augmentation. It is of minimally surgical procedure performed for vertebral fracture stabilization as well as for treating to prevent the spinal deformity prevention and pain for the patient. Vertebral Body Fracture When the vertebral body gets fractures, the regular and normal shape