Laminoplasty is surgery to help relieve pressure on the spinal cord and nerves. Read about the procedure, preparation, recovery, and risks.

Indications for surgery included herniated disk (8 patients), severe myeloradiculopathy (2 patients), severe cervical stenosis (2 patients), migrated bone graft from previous surgery (1 patient ...

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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — UC San Diego Health made history last month during an anterior cervical spine surgery. The health system became the first in the world to perform the procedure using a fully ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that can put pressure on the nerve roots in the back. It’s caused by age-related wear and tear or congenital factors in younger people. Orthopedic ...

Cervical radiculopathy is the clinical description of when a nerve root in the cervical spine becomes inflamed or damaged, ...

Cervical stenosis (in the neck) can affect the arms, legs and sometimes balance. Thoracic stenosis (in the mid back) can cause difficulty rotating the torso, and pain in the back that radiates to ...

UC San Diego Health is the first health system in the world to perform an anterior cervical spine surgery using a fully personalized implant designed for a patient's unique anatomy.