Lumbar Spine Surgery Vertebrectomy Corpectomy with cage orthopedic patient education. Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a lumbar corpectomy, also known as a lumbar vertebrectomy. This procedure is used to remove one or more vertebral bodies and the adjacent intervertebral discs that are causing uncontrollable pain or are compressing the adjacent spinal cord or nerve roots. A metal cage filled with bone chips is being used to maintain correct alignment. There are many different techniques to achieve the same end result, a pain-free, stable, anatomically positioned bony fusion. However, the basic procedure illustrated here is common to all lumbar corpectomies. Lumbar Spine Surgery orthopedic patient education. Corpectomy, or vertebrectomy, refers to the removal and replacement of a vertebra and the intervertebral discs above and below it.
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