Posterior cervical spine surgery and fusion involve operating on the back of the neck to treat conditions of the back and neck bones, discs, and nerves, to relieve pressure or alleviate pain.
Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MDNeck arthritis (also known as neck osteoarthritis or cervical spondylosis) is the ...
Surgical options aim to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and provide stability to the neck. Common procedures are posterior cervical laminectomy, discectomy and fusion, or corpectomy.
Other causes include hardening of the posterior longitudinal ligament or the ligamentum ... This procedure is known as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Your surgeon can recommend a ...
Recently, Dr. J. Alex Sielatycki, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon at Pioneers Medical Center (PMC) in Meeker, started ...