A foraminotomy is surgery to widen nerve openings in the spine to relieve pain and pressure. Read about the procedure, recovery, outlook, and risks.

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With comparable outcomes at 2 years, posterior cervical foraminotomy may be an effective alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for patients with cervical radiculopathy, according ...

The surgery took. The Foraminotomy procedure completely alleviated the nerve pain that had forced Wolfe to miss two games in 2016 and the final five games in 2017.

Foraminal stenosis is when a bony opening around a nerve root becomes clogged and presses on a nerve. Learn more about what causes this condition, what to expect, and more.

For patients with cervical radiculopathy, posterior foraminotomy provides outcomes comparable to those of the more commonly performed anterior cervical discectomy, reports a randomized clinical ...

For posterior cervical foraminotomy procedures, the researchers cited three studies showing outpatients experienced symptom improvement and had a complication rate of 2.2 percent.

Led by Dr Rachel Tucker, a European specialist in equine surgery, Liphook Equine Hospital near Petersfield has successfully performed the foraminotomy procedure, which addresses spinal nerve ...

Several types of neck surgery can help treat conditions of the upper spine, such as herniated disc and spinal stenosis. Learn more.