One kind of spine (backbone) surgery is called minimally invasive spine surgery, or MISS. Compared to conventional surgery, this kind of surgery requires fewer incisions. This usually results in less damage to surrounding tissues, including muscles. It may result in a quicker recovery from surgery and reduced discomfort.
Is backbone surgery painful?
Conventional spinal surgeries (nonminimally invasive) often involve extensive dissection of subcutaneous tissues, bones, and ligaments and thus result in a considerable degree of postoperative pain. The pain is severe and typically lasts for 3 days.
Is spinal surgery a risk?
Any time you operate on the spine, there is some risk of injuring the spinal cord. This can lead to serious injuries to the nerves or the covering of the spinal cord – the dura. The spinal cord is a column of nerves that connects your brain with the rest of your body, allowing you to control your movements.
Depending on the condition the surgery is treating, spinal fusion has a 70 to 90% success rate. there is no hard and fast age limit for spinal surgery. Because both elderly patients and young people can be afflicted with spinal issues, age is not the primary deciding factor in whether or not spinal surgery is an option.
This is one of the most commonly performed cervical spine operations. This type of neck surgery can relieve the pain, weakness, tingling, and numbness of the arms caused by a pinched nerve or stenosis in the cervical spine.
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