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• General Description of Spinal Diseases
• Disc Disease
  - Cervical and Lumbar Disc Surgery
• Spinal Stenosis or Narrowing of the Spinal Canal
  - Cervical Stenosis (Neck)
  - Lumbar Stenosis (Lower Back)
  - Cervical and Lumbar Stenosis Surgery
• Instability
• Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL)
• Tumors
  - Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors (Within the Spinal Cord)
  - Meningiomas
  - Neurofibromas
  - Benign Bone Tumors
• Surgery From the Front of the Neck
  - Anterior Cervical (Neck) Diskectomy and Fusion For 1 Level Disc/Arthritis
  - Anterior Cervical (Neck) Corpectomy and Fusion For 1 Level Discs/Arthritis
  - Circumferential Surgery (Front/Back) for Multiple Level OPLL/Arthritis
  
  • Multilevel Anterior Cervical (Neck) Corpectomy/Fusion (Front)
  • Multilevel Posterior Cervical (Neck) Fusion
• Operations From the Back of the Neck (Posterior Cervical Surgery)
  - Cervical (Neck) Laminotomy
  - Cervical (Neck) Laminectomy
  - Cerivcal (Neck) Laminectomy with Fusion
• Thoracic Spinal Surgery (Mid Back)
  - Laminectomy for Stenosis
  - Transthoracic (Front of the Mid Back) Surgery For OPLL
• Surgery of the Lower Back (Lumbar Surgery)
  - Microsurgical Assisted Diskectomy/Laminotomy
  - Partial Laminectomy/Laminectomy
  
  • (Removal of Bone Behind the Lower Back)
  • Complications of Minimally Invasive Approaches
  - Laminectomy with Fusion
  - Non-Instrumented Posterior (Back) Fusion
  - Instrumented Fusion Posterior (Back) Fusion
• Diagnostic Imaging
• X-rays
• MR and CT
• Intraoperative Monitoring
• "Bloodless Surgery" or Normovolemic Hemodilution

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