SPINE PATIENT EDUCATION

Welcome to our patient education section on spine conditions and procedures.
Each topic links to an video animation with sound as well as a summary handout for printing.

SPINE CONDITIONS

NON-SURGICAL PROCEDURES

SURGICAL PROCEDURES

• Anatomy of the Spine
• Cervical Radiculopathy
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Herniated Disc (Cervical)
• Herniated Discs
• Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica)
• Metastatic Cancer
• Scoliosis
• Spinal Infection
• Spinal Stenosis
• Spinal Stenosis (Cervical)
• Spinal Stenosis (Thoracic)
• Spondylolisthesis
• Where Back Pain Begins
• Where Neck Pain Begins

• Caudal Steroid Injection
• Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
• Discography
• Facet Joint Injections
• Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection
• Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Injection
• Medial Branch Block
• Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection

• ALIF: Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
• ACDF Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion
• Anterior Cervical Corpectomy
• Artificial Cervical Disc Replacement
• AxiaLIF (Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion)
• Interspinous Process Decompression-X-Stop
• Kyphoplasty
• Laminectomy (Cervical) with Fusion
• Laminectomy
• Lumbar Corpectomy
• Lumbar Disc Microsurgery
• Micro Endoscopic Discectomy
• Spinal Fusion
• TLIF: Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
• Vertebroplasty
• XLIF: Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Other Resources: Spine Conditions Resources
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