A lumbar puncture is a procedure in which a specialist inserts a thin needle into the lower back to collect cerebrospinal fluid, the clear liquid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It can help diagnose infections, bleeding, inflammatory disorders and certain neurological conditions, and may also be used to measure fluid pressure or deliver medicines.
Balloon kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat painful vertebral compression fractures, which occur when weakened spinal bones collapse. A small balloon creates space inside the affected vertebra, and medical bone cement is then inserted to stabilise it.
Endoscopic Spine Surgery is a minimally invasive approach that uses a small camera and specialised instruments to treat selected spinal conditions through a small incision. It may help patients with persistent back or neck pain, nerve compression, limb pain, numbness, or weakness when suitable non-surgical treatments have not provided enough relief.
Spinal fusion is an operation that permanently joins two or more vertebrae, the bones forming the spine, to improve stability or reduce pain caused by abnormal movement. It may help people with spinal instability, deformity, nerve compression or persistent symptoms that have not improved with suitable non-surgical care.
Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive treatment used to stabilise a painful vertebral compression fracture, which occurs when a weakened spinal bone collapses. During the procedure, a specialist guides a needle into the affected vertebra and injects medical bone cement to support the bone and help relieve fracture-related pain.
Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is a spine operation that removes a damaged disc, releases pressure on nearby nerves, and joins two or more lower-back vertebrae using an implant and bone graft. It may help people with persistent back pain, leg pain, nerve compression, or spinal instability when appropriate non-surgical treatments have not provided enough relief.
Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure used to stabilise selected vertebral compression fractures, which occur when a spinal bone collapses or becomes compressed. It may help people with persistent pain caused by osteoporosis, cancer-related bone weakness, or certain traumatic fractures.
Foraminotomy is a spine surgery that widens the opening through which a spinal nerve exits the spinal canal. It may help people whose compressed nerve causes persistent pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness in an arm or leg.
Microdiscectomy is a minimally invasive spine surgery used to remove the portion of a damaged spinal disc that is pressing on a nerve. It commonly helps people with persistent leg pain, numbness, or weakness caused by a herniated disc, which occurs when the soft centre of a spinal disc pushes through its outer layer.
Discectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the part of a spinal disc pressing on a nerve. It may help people with persistent leg or arm pain, numbness, weakness, or reduced mobility caused by a herniated disc, meaning the soft centre of a disc has pushed through its outer covering.
