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Spine Surgery Overview

Spine Surgery Overview. If you’ve struggled with back pain for any length of time, you may be wondering if spine surgery is your only treatment option. Sometimes, surgery is the only treatment. However, there’s good news.

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Spine Surgery Overview

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  1. SpineSurgeryOverview Ifyou’vestruggledwithbackpainforanylengthoftime,youmaybewonderingifspinesurgeryisyouronlytreatmentoption.Sometimes,surgeryistheonlytreatment.However,there’sgoodnews. Thevastmajorityofbackproblemscanberemediedwithnon-surgicaltreatments—oftenreferredtoasnon-surgicalorconservativetherapies. Ifyou’vestruggledwithbackpainforanylengthoftime,youmaybewonderingifspinesurgeryisyouronlytreatmentoption.Sometimes,surgeryistheonlytreatment.However,there’sgoodnews.Thevastmajorityofbackproblemscanberemediedwithnon-surgicaltreatments—oftenreferredtoasnon-surgicalorcon-servativetherapies.

  2. CONSERVATIVETREATMENT Aswithallnon-emergencyspinalsurgeries,atrialofnon-operativetreatment,suchasphysicaltherapy,painmedication—preferablyananti-inflammatory, or bracing should be observed before surgery is considered.Thetrialperiodofconservativetreatmentvaries,butsixweekstosixmonthsisthegeneraltimeframe. Spinesurgerymayberecommendedifnon-surgicaltreatmentsuchasmedicationsandphysicaltherapyfailstorelievesymptoms. Surgeryisonlyconsideredincaseswheretheexactsourceofpaincanbedetermined—suchasaherniateddisc,scoliosis,orspinalstenosis.

  3. MINIMALLYINVASIVESURGERY • Traditionally,spinesurgeryisusuallyperformedasopensurgery.Thisentailsopeningtheoperativesitewithalongincisionsothesurgeoncanviewandaccessthespinalanatomy.However,technologyhasadvancedtothepointwheremorespineconditionscanbetreatedwithminimallyinvasivetech-niques. • Becauseminimallyinvasivespinesurgery(MISS),doesnotinvolvelonginci-sions,openmanipulationofthemusclesandtissuesurroundingthespineisavoided,therefore,leadingtoshorteroperativetime.Ingeneral,reducingintraoperative(duringsurgery)manipulationofsofttissuesresultsinlesspostoperativepainandafasterrecovery.

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