Anterior cervical microdiscectomy and fusion. It is done for most commonly done for cervical disc prolapse. Most common is C5C6 & C6C7. Then C4C5 can occur at a higher level also There may be compression of the nerve root, spinal cord causing severe neck pain, upper limbs pain and weakness in limbs and difficulty in…
By smoking Cigarette, pharmacologically active alkaloid Nicotine is inhaled and that deeply penetrates the lungs and then absorbed in the bloodstream. Nicotine is directly responsible for Intervertebral disc degeneration by damage of annulus & nucleus pulposus. By Smoking Toxins directly damage cells. Toxins released by smoking increase pain sensitivity by altering the pathway in the…
Spine surgery is done to repair the disc! – No, Spine Surgery is not done to repair the damaged disc, but to relieve the pain and prevent neurological deficits.