| What Is An Anterior Cervical Corpectomy with | | | | treatment with an anterior cervical corpectomy and |
| Fusion? | | | | fusion, your doctor will examine your spine and take |
| The term corpectomy is derived from the Latin words | | | | your medical history, and may order an x-ray, |
| corpus (body) and -ectomy (removal). The procedure | | | | computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic |
| typically involves accessing the cervical spine through | | | | resonance imaging (MRI) scan of your cervical |
| an anterior approach, or from the front. Spinal fusion is | | | | vertebrae. An anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion |
| usually necessary because of the amount of vertebral | | | | is typically recommended only after conservative |
| bone and/or disc material that must be removed to | | | | treatment methods fail. Your surgeon will take a |
| achieve sufficient decompression of the neural | | | | number of factors into consideration before making |
| structures. | | | | this recommendation, including the condition to be |
| Spinal fusion involves placing bone graft or bone graft | | | | treated, your age, health and lifestyle and your |
| substitute between two or more affected vertebrae | | | | anticipated level of activity following surgery. Please |
| to promote bone growth between the vertebral | | | | discuss this treatment option thoroughly with your |
| bodies. The graft material acts as a binding medium | | | | spinal care provider. |
| and also helps maintain normal disc height - as the | | | | Please log on to :- |
| body heals, the vertebral bone and bone graft | | | | Send your query : - |
| eventually grow together to join the vertebrae and | | | | We Care Core Values |
| stabilize the spine. | | | | "We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| Why Do I Need This Procedure? | | | | you as the centre." |
| Nerve compression in the cervical can cause neck | | | | Having the industry's most elaborate and exclusive |
| pain and/or pain, numbness and weakness that | | | | Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams stationed |
| extends into the shoulders, arms and hands. | | | | at each partner hospital, we provide you the |
| Degenerative spinal conditions, including herniated discs | | | | smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. With a |
| and bone spurs, are common causes of spinal nerve | | | | ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five patients our |
| compression. Spinal fracture, tumor or infection also | | | | patient care standards are unmatched across the sub |
| may result in pressure on the spinal nerves. | | | | continent. |
| To determine whether your condition requires | | | | |