Lumbar (Low Back)
In any given year, more than 65 million Americans suffer with low back pain and related symptoms. Roughly 90% of these cases can be attributed to lumbar radiculopathy. For mild to moderate symptoms the cause of compression or irritation on the nerve root is a bulging disc. A disc rupture, lumbar stenosis, spondylosis and spondylolisthesis can each cause severe back pain, leg pain, neurogenic claudication, weakness, numbness and changes in reflexes. At Texas Brain & Spine Center, Dr. James Gregory Bonnen performs leading-edge lumbar sugeries, most of which are minimally invasive (unless inappropriate). Minimally Invasive Lumbar Disk Surgery Webcast With a smaller incision, less tissue dissection and less muscle manipulation than conventional "open" microdiscectomy, Dr. Bonnen removes herniated disc material with either a posterior or posterolateral approach. Spinal Fracture Repair using Kyphoplasty Spinal fractures may be caused by many conditions such as osteoporosis, cancer, trauma, or other condition.

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