Back and Neck Surgery (except Spinal Fusion)Back and Neck Surgery (except Spinal Fusion)
Back and Neck Surgery involves surgical procedures of problems related to the spine bone (vertebrae) including prolapsed disks affecting nerve roots and surrounding tissues. Disk prolapse is a common, painful disorder of the spine in which an intervertebral disk (a disk situated between two vertebrae) protrudes or ruptures. This rupture often causes a painful and at times disabling pressure on a nerve.
This group of surgical procedures includes decompression, laminectomy, and discectomy.
Decompression refers to a surgical procedure to alleviate pressure on the spinal cord or on a nerve root emerging from the cord.
Laminectomy is the removal of the bony arches of one or more vertebrae to expose the affected part of the cord or nerve roots. This procedure is typically used when pressure is caused by a tumor or abscess in a vertebra.
Discectomy is performed to treat spinal disk prolapse. A small incision is made and the offending disk material is removed. This decreases the pressure on the nerve, and consequently, relieves the pain caused by a prolapsed disk.
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Orthopedic
Total Knee ReplacementTotal Knee Replacement
Total knee replacement is performed to replace a diseased knee joint with an artificial knee joint. The surgery is done to free patients from stiffness and pain caused by osteoarthritis (a degenerative joint disease and the most common form of arthritis) and rheumatoid arthritis (a chronic autoimmune disease that occurs when antibodies in the blood system designed to attack viruses and infections mistakenly target the body's own healthy tissues).
Total knee replacement surgery is performed by an orthopedic surgeon who makes an incision in the patient’s knee, removes the diseased joint, and replaces it with the artificial knee joint. In some cases, total knee replacement surgery has to be repeated or "revised." For the ratings analysis, HealthGrades considers only initial procedures, which indicates that the knee replacement procedure is being performed for the first time on a particular patient.
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Orthopedic
ProstatectomyProstatectomy
A prostatectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland. The prostate gland is a gland in the male that surrounds the neck of the bladder and urethra. The prostate contributes to seminal fluid. After this surgery, sperm enters the bladder rather than the urethra.
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