Spinal Stenosis Surgery -
In most cases of advanced claudication (spinal or vascular), decompressive surgery is required. There are several opinions and techniques used in spinal stenosis surgery, but there are key components common to all such approaches.
* First and foremost, a correct and very detailed anatomical diagnosis is required - knowing exactly where to go while considering the possibility of a double or triple location for choking of a nerve in it passages, on one or both sides.
* Secondly, the surgery should not create a new problem, such as nerve injury or a structural instability that might require additional surgeries.
* Thirdly, the approach to correcting spinal stenosis should be minimally destructive of normal structures. The surgeon should strive to leave as much as possible of the normal or slightly abnormal tissues alone. This again points to the importance of exactly identifying the offending stenosis.
New procedure to treat Spinal stenosis -
The X-STOP is a minimally invasive surgical procedure designed to alleviate painful symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis. The device is inserted in the back of the spine to prevent a patient from bending too far backward at the narrowed segment, a position that for patients with spinal stenosis can cause leg pain (sciatica) and/or low back pain.