Cape Cod Healthcare – Dr. Paul Houle, Neurosurgeon at Neurosurgeons of Cape Cod and Cape Cod Healthcare discusses the fundamental process of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. This three part series covers the physiology of Lumbar Stenosis, Common Treatment options, and Surgical Treatment options.

Please join Riverside Neurosurgeon Juan Jimenez, MD as he discusses the minimally invasive X-Stop treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis.

Dr. Paul Houle, Neurosurgeon at Neurosurgeons of Cape Cod and Cape Cod Healthcare discusses the fundamental process of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. This three part series covers the physiology of Lumbar Stenosis, Common Treatment options, and Surgical Treatment options.

please ↑Like, ↓Comment and Share↑ now. www.medilaw.tv Subscribe for latest movies. Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a posterior portal discectomy. This procedure is used to remove part of an intervertebral disc that is causing uncontrollable pain or is compressing the adjacent spinal cord or nerve roots. Also shown is the patient position, skin preparation, local anesthetic and incision, insertion of a series of concentric access portals, the removal of part of the intervertebral disc and finally wound closure.A portal discectomy is used to treat a disc herniation. Lumbar disc herniations are very common and often do not cause any symptoms. A disc herniation can cause symptoms down one or both legs, such as pain, numbness, pins and needles, and weakness. Usually these symptoms will improve without surgery in six to twelve weeks. If the symptoms are not controlled after six to twelve weeks of conservative treatments, then your clinician will consider operating. However, if the herniated disc is pushing on spinal nerves and causing severe uncontrollable pain, or marked weakness, or bowel or bladder problems, then urgent surgery will be considered. The size of the bulge is not related to the amount of pain or leg symptoms. A herniated disc’s contents can not be pushed back into place, but it will often dry out and shrink away by itself. During the endoscopic discectomy, only the loose parts of the nucleus within the disc and spinal canal are removed. The …

please ↑Like, ↓Comment and Share↑ now. www.medilaw.tv Subscribe for latest movies. medical legal art. Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a lumbar disc replacement, also known as a lumbar arthroplasty. This procedure is used to remove an intervertebral disc that is causing uncontrollable pain or is compressing the adjacent spinal cord or nerve roots. The damaged disc is replaced with an artificial disc made of various metals and plastics. There are a number of artificial discs, also known as prostheses, on the market. Each one looks different and has different insertion techniques and tools. However, the basic procedure illustrated here is common to all lumbar arthroplasties. Also shown is the removal of the pathological disc, the preparation of the intervertebral space for the artificial disc, the insertion of the artificial disc, x-ray position checks and finally wound closure. Spinal arthroplasty refers to the replacement of an intervertebral disc with an artificial prosthesis. It is also known as a total disc replacement. The prosthesis allows motion between the vertebrae to be maintained. The prosthesis is initially held in place by screws, fins or press fitting. Over time, bone will grow into the porous ends of the prosthesis to lock it into position. Sometimes, the prosthesis can not be inserted during the operation, in which case an intervertebral fusion will be done. When compared with other lumbar disc disease operations, the arthroplasty has …

please ↑Like, ↓Comment and Share↑ now. www.medilaw.tv Subscribe for latest movies. courtroom videos. Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a lumbar laminectomy. This procedure is used to decompress the spinal cord and spinal nerves. Also shown is the patient position, skin preparation and incision, the surgical approach, the lamina being removed and lateral recesses being enlarged and finally wound closure. Spinal stenosis is a condition where disc, bone and ligament are narrowing the space in the spinal canal where the spinal nerves reside, causing symptoms. A laminectomy removes bone and ligament to make more space for the spinal nerves. A lumbar laminectomy is done to improve the leg symptoms, not to improve back pain. INDICATIONS A lumbar laminectomy is performed for spinal stenosis, to relieve leg pain that has not improved with conservative treatment. ALTERNATIVES Surgery is the only treatment alternative that will relieve the compression of the nerves. Spinal stenosis is not life-threatening, so surgery is always optional. However the back pain can be decreased by weight loss walking pain-relieving medication physical therapy hydrotherapy epidural steroid injections, and avoiding bending, lifting, twisting and prolonged sitting. If the spinal stenosis is compressing the spinal cord and causing neurological symptoms (myelopathy), then your surgeon will usually recommend surgery to decompress the spinal cord and relieve the neurological symptoms …

Orthopaedic spine surgeon Dr. James Hamada, explains lumbar spinal stenosis (pinched nerves in the lower spine) and a new treatment option called X-Stop. Learn more at: www.x-stopinternational.com

My pre-op video 2 days prior to back surgery to fuse L4 L5 & S1 together. I will also have the discs above & below L5 replaced with titanium cages. 6 screws & 2 rods will be installed with bone graph material to fuse my lower back together.

Educational video describing the condition known as lumbar spinal canal stenosis and its treatment.a common cause of back pain

low back pain video .sacroiliac joint ,spine and discs are exposed to loads .This Educational animation video describing body positions which produce the highest measured pressure on the the discs of the lumbar spine. It has been determined that the highest intradiscal pressure is place on the discs when a person is in the seated position while leaning forward and holding weight. anatomy ,aligment andDegeneration factors are also described which may attribute to lumbar spine problems.patient with a spine problem ,disorder,disc herniation prolapse or bulge ,,xrays and MRI are usually obtained .massage adjustment rehab ,realigment and stretch to achieve flexbility of the spine vertebrae and muscles.brace injection for pain relief .doctors will perform surgery of decompression and or fusion if coservative treatment is not helpful for the patient.