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Decision-making in spine surgery requires the optimum balance of experience, information access and structuredthinking. Whether the patient knows the diagnosis or has undiagnosed symptoms, the information partnership between physician and patient is the basis for the best medical decisions.
Conditions
- Congenital
- Degenerative
- Traumatic
- Metabolic
- Infectious Spine
- Neoplastic
- Arthritic
- Neurologic
Anatomic Regions
- Cervical Spine
- Thoracic Spine
- Lumbar Spine
Diseases
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Cervical Disc Herniation
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Cervical Instability
- Cervical Disc Degeneration
- Previously Operated Cervical Spine
- Thoracic Radiculopathy
- Thoracic Myelopathy
- Thoracic Disc Herniation
- Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
- Thoracic Instability
- Thoracic Disc Degeneration
- Previously Operated Thoracic Spine
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Lumbar Disc Herniation
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Lumbar Instability
- Lumbar Disc Degeneration
- Previously Operated Lumbar Spine
- Spine Infection
- Spine Tumor
- Spine Fractures
- Spinal Arthritis
- Spinal Deformity
- Scoliosis
- Kyphosis
- Flat Back Syndrome
- Sondylolisthesis
- Failed Spinal Surgery
Symptoms
- Neck Pain
- Arm Pain
- Arm Weakness
- Arm or Hand Numbness
- Back Pain
- Leg Pain
- Leg Weakness
- Leg or Foot Numbness
- Gait Disorder (Walking Difficulty, Clumsy Walking, Loss of Balance)
- Hand Dexterity Problems (Difficulty Buttoning Shirts, Grip Loss)
- Loss of Control of Bowel and Bladder
Other Terms
- Neck Surgery
- Back Surgery
- Sciatica
- Pinched Nerve
- Ruptured Disc
- Herniated Disc
- Bone Spur
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