Neurosurgery


Failed Open Spine Surgery (FBSS)

Following open spine surgery, whether it is a fusion, discectomy or laminectomy patients can experience chronic pain in the back and or the arms or legs. These syndromes are often due to identifiable causes but are termed by surgeons and...
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Degenerative Disc Disease

Degenerative Disc Disease refers to a syndrome in which a painful disc causes chronic pain. The condition generally starts in the disc space. A weakened intervertebral disc can create excessive motion in the adjoining vertebral leve...
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Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal, which places pressure on the spinal cord. If the stenosis is located on the lower part of the spinal cord it is called lumbar spinal stenosis. Stenosis in the upper part of the spi...
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Herniated Disc

A herniated disc is a condition in which part, or all, of the soft, gelatinous central portion of an intervertebral disc (the nucleus pulposus) is forced through a weakened part of the disc. This results in back pain and leg pain (l...
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Bulging Discs

Bulging discs are not uncommon, and frequently are displayed on MRIs as an abnormality for both young and older adults. Having a bulging disc is not necessarily a serious concern, and it may not even cause back pain. Bulging most li...
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