Spinal Disorders Unit
The Spinal Disorders Team treat a number of spinal conditions, including:
- All aspects of spinal deformity including scoliosis & kyphosis
- Spinal trauma
- Primary and chronic back pain (failed backs)
- Radicular arm and leg pain
- Tumours
- Inflammatory disorders
- Disorders of the cervical spine including cervical myelopathy
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative disc disease
Procedures include:
- Decompression for lumbar canal stenosis
- Decompression for cervical and thoracic myelopathy
- Spinal fusions in lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine
- Deformity surgery including scoliosis, kyphosis & adult degenerative scoliosis
- Fixation & fusion of spinal fractures in lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine
- Primary and metastatic spinal tumour surgery