discectomy Archives - Graph Diagram https://graphdiagram.com/tag/discectomy/ Human Anatomy Diagrams Sat, 04 Jun 2022 14:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Cervical Discectomy Rationale Image https://graphdiagram.com/cervical-discectomy-rationale-image/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:07:35 +0000 https://graphdiagram.com/?p=4899 Cervical discectomy is surgery to remove one or more discs from the neck. The disc is the pad that separates the neck vertebrae; ectomy means to take out. Usually a discectomy is combined with a fusion of the two vertebrae Continue reading Cervical Discectomy Rationale Image→

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]]> Cervical discectomy is surgery to remove one or more discs from the neck. The disc is the pad that separates the neck vertebrae; ectomy means to take out. Usually a discectomy is combined with a fusion of the two vertebrae that are separated by the disc. In some cases, this procedure is done without a fusion.

Peer Reviewed Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a type of neck surgery that involves removing a damaged disc to relieve spinal cord or nerve root pressure and alleviate corresponding pain, weakness, numbness, and tingling.

The surgery is approached through the anterior, or front, of the cervical spine (neck). The disc is then removed from between two vertebral bones. Fusion. A fusion surgery is done at the same time as the discectomy operation in order to stabilize the cervical segment.

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