Orthopaedics · Minimally invasive spine surgery
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Lumbar disc herniation: what it is and what it causes
Herniated disc
Pain running down the leg, tingling, loss of strength: what a lumbar disc herniation is, how it is treated without surgery and when surgery is needed.
Read the full articleLumbar stenosis among spinal conditions
Lumbar stenosis
Legs feeling heavy after a few minutes of walking, pain that improves when sitting down: lumbar spinal canal stenosis, conservative treatment and direct or indirect decompression.
Read the full articleThe case of an isthmic spondylolisthesis operated on six months earlier
Spondylolisthesis
Isthmic and degenerative spondylolisthesis: Meyerding grades, symptoms, physiotherapy and when spinal fusion (arthrodesis) is recommended.
Read the full articleAdult scoliosis
Scoliosis
One shoulder higher than the other, the rib hump, pain in adult scoliosis: observation, bracing, physiotherapy and surgical correction with spinal fusion.
Read the full articleNeck twinges and tingling fingers? It may not be a stiff neck
Cervicobrachialgia
Pain running from the neck down the arm, tingling in the fingers, cervical myelopathy: causes, warning signs and treatment, both conservative and surgical.
Read the full articleOsteoporosis and collapsing vertebrae: vertebroplasty explained
Fractures and osteoporosis
Sudden pain in the middle of the back without any injury may be a fragility fracture of a vertebra: DXA bone density scan, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and bone care.
Read the full articleBiportal endoscopy: the ultra-minimally invasive technique for disc herniation
Spinal endoscopy
What unilateral biportal endoscopy (UBE) is, which herniations and stenoses it is used for, how it is performed and what studies say compared with microsurgery.
Read the full articleTLIF: how we free the nerve root and perform spinal fusion (arthrodesis)
Lumbar spinal fusion
Why cages, screws and rods are used, how posterior, lateral and anterior approaches are chosen, and how recovery works after spinal fusion.
Read the full articleCervicobrachialgia and anterior cervical fusion (Top Doctors)
Cervical spinal fusion
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for cervical disc herniation and myelopathy: how it is performed, alternatives and recovery.
Read the full articleMeet Dr. Lavanga and the centre
Spinal orthopaedics in Lainate: the centre
Dr. Lavanga's 4 goals for the spine
Introducing Dr. Vito Lavanga (Top Doctors)
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