Why Choose Spine Surgery at Marina Del Rey Hospital?

The narrowing of the cervical disk space is called foraminal stenosis.

Warning signs and symptoms of this condition are slowly developing pain, which is not continuous, probably related to a certain activity.

Associated Procedures

• ACDF
• Cervical Foraminotomy

Sciatica or otherwise called radiculopathy occurs when the sciatic nerve causes pain due to its compression.

Associated Procedures

• Microscopic Decompression

Spondylolisthesis involves the slipping of the vertebra in relation to the vertebrae causing low back pain and leg pain.

Treatment options include bracing, epidural spinal injection, medication and surgery.

Associated Procedures

• Fusion
• Microscopic Decompression
• TLIF
• XLIF/DLIF/Lateral Fusion

The pathology of the spinal cord is defined by the term myelopathy. Common symptoms of this condition are: clumsiness, weakness, sensory deficits, sexual dysfunctions.

Treatment options for myelopathy include surgery.

Associated Procedures

• ACDF
• Laminoplasty

The term stenosis means narrowing and in this situation shows the narrowing of the spinal canal. This narrowing causes neurological disorders causing pain, numbness, loss of motor control.

Treatment options include pain management, physical therapy, steroid injections and surgery.

Associated Procedures

• ACDF
• Cervical Foraminotomy
• Laminoplasty
• Laminectomy
• Microscopic Decompression

The term herniation shows an abnormal "bulging" of an inter-vertebral disk. Common symptoms, which show that disk herniation might be involved are: pain, muscular weakness, tingling.

Treatment options include physical therapy, medication and in rear cases surgery.

Associated Procedures

• ACDF
• Fusion
• Discectomy
• Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy
• Microscopic Decompression
• TLIF

DDD or Degenerative Disk Disease involves the drying out of the inter-vertebral disk interior.

The most common symptoms of DDD include neck and back pain, which can radiate to the arm or the leg. Treatment options besides pain management if the pain persists is surgery.

Associated Procedures

• ACDF
• Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement
• Fusion
• TLIF
• Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
• ALIF

Scoliosis marks an abnormal curvature of the spine. If a person has the shoulders and hips at different height this shows the possibility of suffering from scoliosis.

Treatment options depending on the severity of this condition include physical therapy, occupational therapy, and surgery.

Associated Procedures

• Fusion
• ALIF

The term Vertebral Compression Fracture marks the collapse of a vertebra in the spine. It is often caused when a person falls from considerable height, has a car accident or other kind of trauma, when suffers from osteoporosis or has a tumor on that area of the spine.

Associated Procedures

• Kyphoplasty

Radiculopathy or sciatica occurs when one or more nerves in the lumbar area do not work properly causing radicular pain.

Associated Procedures

• ACDF
• Cervical Foraminotomy