Spine Center - Case Presentations
Case Presentations
Arnold Chiari Malformations
Treatment: suboccipital decompressions
Artificial Disc Arthroplasty
(also called a disc replacement, disc prosthesis or spine arthroplasty device)
Total Facet Arthroplasty System (TFAS)
USC Neurosurgery is the first and only West Coast center to be performing total facet replacements with the Total Facet Arthroplasty System (TFAS).
Facet Rhizotomy
A minimally invasive procedure that is performed for the treatment of back pain
Bone Grafts
Cervical Radiculopathy
(Herniated Disc - Neck)
Treatment: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, cervical laminectomy
Cervical Myelopathy
Treatment: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, cervical laminectomy
Post Traumatic Cervical Instability
Treatment: Cervical fusion with instrumentation
Lumbar Disc Disease (sciatica)
Treatment: laminectomy, microdiscectomy
Spinal Stenosis
Treatment: laminectomy, laminotomy
Thoracic Disc Disease
Treatment: endoscopic discectomy, transthoracic discectomy
Tumors of the Spine and Spinal Cord
Treatment: laminectomy, corpectomy
Fractures of the Spine
Treatment: fusion, instrumentation
Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Spine
Treatment: Transoral decompression, occipital cervical fusions
Hydromyelia or Syringomyelia
Treatment: spinal subarachnoid shunts
Infections of the Spine (Osteomyelitis, TB, Discitis)
Treatment: debridement, fusion
Spondylolisthesis
Treatment: fusion with bone, fusion with instrumentation
Neck and Back Pain
Treatment: fusion with bone, fusion with instrumentation
Curvature of the Spine
Treatment: fusion
Non-operative treatment for all of the above:
Treatment: Bracing, Physical Therapy, etc.
