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The tip of the spinal
cord near the skull is called the cervical spine. The cervical spine
is made up of 7 vertebrae and there are eight pairs of cervical
nerves in that area. Besides that the spinal cord runs through the
spine adjoining the discs of the spinal joints. Even nerve roots
arise in the joints of the spine. There are many reasons for which a
slipped disc in the cervical spine can happen and cause you lots of
trouble. The slipped disc when spreads beyond the normal area of its
confinement, exerts pressure on the spinal nerves or the nerve roots.
This can lead to many medical complications.
Its always tried to treat the problem
without surgery but if the case becomes severe or the patient is
willing to fix it quick, the surgery for the cervical slipped disc is
carried out. And the most common form of surgery used is called
anterior cervical discectomy. This ACD has been proved to be one of
the better surgical options for treating chronic neck pains and
spinal nerve complications.
The main aim of the
anterior cervical discectomy is to release the protruding nerves from
the pressure of the ruptured disc. The disc that slips out either
exert pressure on the spinal cord or the nerve roots. The surgery is
called anterior because the cervical spine is reached out via a
minute incision in front of your neck. The word anterior literally
means front and since the surgery is done from the front portion of
the neck it is called anterior surgery.
In the procedure of surgery the tissues
of the neck are removed and the disc is cut out to release the nerve
pressure from it. To maintain the gap, so formed a bone from pelvic
region is inserted to keep the normal height of the spine. This is
called bone craft. The bone slowly fuses th evertebra together.
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