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2. Disc herniation - Wikipedia

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   A disc herniation or spinal disc herniation is an injury to the intervertebral disc between two vertebrae, usually caused by excessive strain or trauma to the spine. It may result in back pain , pain or sensation in different parts of the body, and physical disability .

3. Laminotomy - Wikipedia

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   Laminotomies are frequently used as a way to surgically repair a spinal disc herniation at any level of the vertebral column (cervical, thoracic, lumbar). [1] A herniated disc can compress spinal nerves and cause intense pain and impaired sensation. [4] Removing a portion of the lamina allows physicians to be able to access and repair the ...

4. Tessys method - Wikipedia

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   The TESSYS method (transforaminal endoscopic surgical system) is a minimally-invasive, endoscopic spinal procedure for the treatment of a herniated disc.It was a further development of the YESS method by the Dutch Dr Thomas Hoogland in the Alpha Klinik in Munich in 1989 and was first called THESSYS (Thomas Hoogland EndoScopic SYStem).

5. Discectomy - Wikipedia

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   A discectomy (also called open discectomy, if done through a 1/2 inch or larger skin opening) is the surgical removal of abnormal disc material that presses on a nerve root or the spinal cord. The procedure involves removing a portion of an intervertebral disc, which causes pain, weakness or numbness by stressing the spinal cord or radiating ...

6. Spinal fusion - Wikipedia

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   Herniated disc pressing on spinal nerves. Spinal fusion can be used to treat a variety of conditions affecting any level of the spine—lumbar, cervical and thoracic. In general, spinal fusion is performed to decompress and stabilize the spine. [4] The greatest benefit appears to be in spondylolisthesis, while evidence is weaker for spinal ...

7. Joanna Gaines back home after undergoing surgery for back ...

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   Joanna Gaines is recovering from back surgery.. The Fixer Upper: Welcome Home star, 44, revealed that she underwent a microdisectomy, a surgical procedure to treat a herniated disc in the spine ...