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Surgical Treatments for Spinal Arthritis

Surgical treatments for spinal arthritis are used in cases where conservative, non-surgical treatments have been exhausted and the patient still has chronic or acute pain and limited mobility. Depending on the severity of the condition, the surgical treatment will involve decompression and possibly a spinal fusion.

"Decompression surgery" is a broad term used to describe a number of procedures that are designed to relieve symptoms caused by pressure on a nerve root or the spinal cord. During a decompression, a surgeon will remove any bone matter, disc materials or other debris placing pressure on the nerve root and spinal cord to relieve spine arthritis symptoms like pain, tingling, numbness or weakness in the back or extremities. Common decompression surgeries include laminectomy, foraminectomy, discectomy, and others.

Sometimes an open-back decompression surgery will leave the spine unstable or structurally unsound, depending on the type of procedure performed. In this case, the patient may require a spinal fusion. During a spinal fusion, bone grafts or hardware such as screws and rods are inserted into the spine for support and to force two or more vertebra to grow together as a single unit.

Spinal fusion and decompression both come with some negative side effects, and both are generally performed in a hospital using general anesthesia. These surgeries also involve large incisions and damage to muscle and tissue, so infection risk can be high and the recovery time can take up to a year or more.

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At Laser Spine Institute, however, you can receive minimally invasive surgical treatments for spinal arthritis that are performed in an outpatient environment using local anesthesia. These procedures use state-of-the-art technology to allow for a drastically shorter recovery time than traditional back surgery. Laser Spine Institute (LSI) can perform these surgeries for spinal arthritis and a number of other back and neck problems. If you’re tired of living your life in pain, contact LSI today to learn more about our services or to arrange an MRI or CT scan review, absolutely free of charge.

Please note: Laser Spine Institute currently does not perform endoscopic procedures on the thoracic spine.