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Other Topics: General Musculoskeletal | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Surgery

Spinal Surgery

(Jump to: Overviews | Artificial Discs | Decompression Surgery | Fusion Surgery | Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy | Kyphoplasty | Post-Surgery Considerations | Rhizotomy | Vertebroplasty )

	Spinal Surgery Overviews
	Cervical Spine Surgery: An Overview:SpineUniverse
	Cervical Spine Surgery:Spine-health.com
	Lumbar Spine Surgery:Spine-health.com
	Laparoscopic Spine Surgery:Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
	Back Surgery and Spine Surgery Articles:Spine-health.com
	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Articles:SpineUniverse

	Decompression Surgery
	General Information
	Discectomy:North American Spine Society
	Total Disc Replacement Back Surgery:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Laminectomy or Laminotomy:North American Spine Society
	Laminaplasty Back Surgery:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Laminectomy Back Surgery:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Decompression Surgery of the Cervical Spine
	Cervical Corpectomy
	Anterior Cervical Corpectomy:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Anterior Cervical Corpectomy Spine Surgery:Spine-Health.com
	Cervical Corpectomy and Strut Graft:Orthogate
	Cervical Discectomy
	Anterior Cervical Discectomy:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Cervical Discectomy:Orthogate
	Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion:Orthogate
	Anterior Cervical Discectomy:SpineUniverse
	Posterior Cervical Decompression (Microdiscectomy):Spine-health.com
	Cervical Foraminotomy
	Cervical Posterior Foraminotomy:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Cervical Foraminotomy:Orthogate
	Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy:SpineUniverse
	Cervical Laminectomy
	Cervical Laminectomy:Orthogate
	Posterior Cervical Laminectomy:Spine-health.com
	Cervical Laminoplasty:Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH [Video]
	Decompression Surgery of the Lumbar Spine
	Overview
	Lumbar Decompression Back Surgery:Spine-health.com
	Lumbar Corpectomy
	Lumbar Corpectomy:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Lumbar Discectomy
	Lumbar Discectomy:Orthogate
	Lumbar Discectomy:SpineUniverse
	Lumbar Microdecompression (Microdiscectomy) Spine Surgery:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Minimally Invasive Discectomy:St. John's Hospital, Maplewood, MN [Video]
	Lumbar Laminectomy
	Lumbar Laminectomy:Orthogate
	Lumbar Laminectomy:SpineUniverse
	Lumbar Laminectomy and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion:Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA [Video]

	Fusion Surgery
	General Information
	Spinal Fusion:North American Spine Society
	Spine Fusion Surgery:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Inter-Body Spine Fusion Surgery:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Bone Grafts, see Bone and Tissue Transplantation
	Bone Morphogenetic Proteins:North American Spine Society
	Fusion Surgery Articles:Spine-health.com
	Fusion Surgery of the Cervical Spine
	Cervical Fusion (Overview):SpineUniverse
	Cervical Spinal Instrumentation:Spine-health.com
	Anterior Cervical Spinal Fusion Surgery:Spine-health.com
	Anterior Cervical Fusion:Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Green Bay, WI [Video]
	Posterior Cervical Fusion:Orthogate
	Fusion Surgery of the Lumbar Spine
	Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery:Spine-health.com
	Spine Fusion Instrumentation:Spine-health.com
	Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF):Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion:Orthogate
	Anterior Lumbar Fusion with Cages:Orthogate
	Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (XLIF):Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF):Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Posterior Lumbar Fusion:Orthogate
	Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion:Orthogate
	Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF):Spine-health.com [Animation]
	AxiaLIF®, The Least Invasive Lumbar Fusion:Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH [Video]

	Rhizotomy
	Facet Rhizotomy:SpineUniverse

	Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET)
	Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET):North American Spine Society
	IDET: An Alternative to Invasive Surgery for Chronic Low Back Pain:Spine-health.com
	SpineCath Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy:SpineUniverse
	IDET Back Surgery:Spine-health.com [Animation]

	Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
	Overview
	Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: Treatment for Spinal Compression Fractures:SpineUniverse
	Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation:North American Spine Society
	Kyphoplasty
	Kyphoplasty:Orthogate
	Kyphoplasty: Reaching New Heights for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures:SpineUniverse
	Understanding Balloon Kyphoplasty and Myeloma-Induced Vertebral Compression Fractures:International Myeloma Foundation [PDF]
	Kyphoplasty Spine Surgery:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Kyphoplasty for Vertebral Compression Fractures:St Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul, MN
	Vertebroplasty
	Vertebroplasty:Spine-health.com [Animation]
	Vertebroplasty:Orthogate
	Percutaneous Vertebroplasty:Saint Joseph's Hospital and Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI [Video]

	Artificial Discs
	General Information
	Artificial Disc Replacement:North American Spine Society
	Spinal Disc Replacement: The Development of Artificial Discs:SpineUniverse
	Artificial Disc Articles:SpineUniverse
	Cervical Artificial Discs
	Patient's Guide to Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement:Spine University
	FDA Approves First of a Kind Medical Device to Treat Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease (Prestige Cervical Disc)
	Lumbar Artificial Discs
	Artificial Lumbar Disk:American Association of Neurological Surgeons
	Patient's Guide to Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement:Spine University

	Post-Surgery Considerations
	Surgery Recovery: From Hospital to Home:SpineUniverse
	Post-Operative Care for Back Surgery:Spine-health.com
	Scar Tissue and Pain After Back Surgery:Spine-health.com
	Rehabilitation and Exercise Following Spinal Surgery:Spine-health.com
	Practical Advice for Recovering from Back Surgery:Spine-health.com

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