If all else fails and the symptoms are persistent surgery may be required to treat the problem. The following operations are routinely performed by the surgeons at the London Spine Clinic, using the London Clinic spinal surgery unit:-

Lumbar Spine

Microdiscectomy

Laminectomy

Anterior Spinal Fusion

Posterior Spinal Fusion

Synchronous combined anterior and posterior fusion

Laparoscopic Anterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion

Disc Replacement

Discectomy and Prosthetic Disc Nucleus (PDN) replacement

Dynamic Stabilisation of Lumbar Spine

The interspinous spacers

Cervical Spine

Anterior Discectomy

  Disc Replacement

Fusion

Foramenotomy

Vertebrectomy 

Thoracic Spine

Discectomy

Correction of Scoliosis

General

Spinal Cord Stimulation

Resection of spinal tumour

  Vertebroplasty any Kyphoplasty

To see pictures of these procedures or devices, please visit our picture gallery. More information is available from our London office.