Surgical treatment options for back and neck pain

Surgical treatment

Artificial disc replacement
Multiple cervical PRODISC®-C replacement
PRODISC®-L artificial lumbar disc replacement
Minimally invasive spine surgery

If surgery is needed to relieve your back and neck pain, Dr. Gallina will discuss with you which surgical options are available and which type of surgery would be best for your particular situation.

For neck and back pain, surgical procedures have been developed specifically to treat each type of pain and its affected area.

Surgery is best suited to relieve pain in the back and neck when its used to:

remove pressure from the nerve roots
remove pressure from the spinal cord
stop the motion between two vertebrae
preserve the motion between two vertebrae

Surgical options include:

Discectomy
Spinal fusion
Artificial disk replacement
Total disc replacement
Laminectomy
Corpectomy
Minimally invasive spine surgery
Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty