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Posterior Foraminotomy

Posterior Foraminotomy

If you suffer symptoms of a spinal pinched nerve, the spine surgeon may be able to perform this procedure instead of an Anterior Cervical Discectomy Fusion, also called an ACDF. The surgeon will access the spine from the back or the neck, and create more space for the spinal nerve to pass through. In specific cases, the Posterior Foraminotomy can relieve your symptoms without needing to fuse two parts of the cervical vertebra together.

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