Spine / Spinal Disorders

PATIENT EDUCATION

Treatment Options: Neck (Cervical)

Treatment Options: Low Back (Lumbar)
(Herniated Disc - Back )

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