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Diagnosis Before Spine Surgery Treatment

• Physical Examination – Assesses posture, spine alignment, reflexes, muscle strength, and nerve function.
• Pain Mapping – Identifies specific pain points, radiating pain patterns, and affected nerve pathways.
• Straight Leg Raise Test – Detects nerve root compression or disc herniation in the lower spine.
• Neurological Evaluation – Checks sensation, coordination, balance, and motor function.
• X-Ray – Shows bone structure, spinal alignment, fractures, and degenerative changes.
• MRI Scan – Provides detailed imaging of discs, nerves, spinal cord, and soft tissues to confirm severity.
• CT Scan – Highlights bone abnormalities, stenosis, and complex spinal conditions.
• CT Myelogram (if needed) – Uses contrast dye to visualize nerve compression when MRI is insufficient.
• Electromyography (EMG) – Evaluates nerve damage and identifies specific nerve roots affected.
• Nerve Conduction Study (NCS) – Measures electrical signals to detect nerve compression or irritation.
• Flexion-Extension X-Rays – Determines spinal instability or abnormal segment movement.
• Blood Tests – Evaluates infection risk, inflammation, and readiness for surgery.

Treatment for Spinal Abnormalities

• Spinal laminectomy/ spinal decompression: It is generally performed for spinal stenosis patients. The surgeon removes bony spurs or walls compressing the spinal column to relieve the nerve pressure.
• Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty: Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are performed to fix compression fractures due to osteoporosis. The surgeon injects a glue-like bone cement that hardens and strengthens the vertebrae.
• Discectomy (or Microdiscectomy): It is a slipped disc surgery that is performed to remove a herniated disc compressing the nerve root and spinal cord. It is often performed in conjunction with laminectomy.
• Foraminotomy: This is performed to widen the spinal column where the nerve root exits the spinal canal in case it has narrowed due to aging.
• Nucleoplasty, also called plasma disk decompression: It is a minimally invasive laser surgery in which the surgeon uses a plasma laser device to reduce the disk size and treat mild disk hernia.
• Spinal fusion: The surgeon removes the spinal disc and fuses the adjacent vertebrae together using bone grafts or metal implants to allow the fusion of vertebrae together via the bone grafts, for example, ACDF surgery (Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion), TLIF surgery (Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion).
• Artificial disk replacement: for people with severely damaged vertebral discs, the surgeon removes the disc and replaces it with a synthetic implant to help restore vertebral height and movement.

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