The goal of surgery is to relieve pressure on the spinal cord by decompressing the spinal canal. There are two main approaches to surgery: the posterior approach, in which a portion of the posterior ...

It's at the posterior aspect of his vertebral body, kind of at the end plates posteriorly. What this does is it gives me a great view of his spinal cord, which is right under there. That's where ...

Surgical options aim to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and provide stability to the neck. Common procedures are posterior cervical laminectomy, discectomy and fusion, or corpectomy.