Now days many international patients are planning to have their thoracic spine surgery in India, due to availability of highly skilled qualified spine surgeons at very affordable cost. Spine surgery hospitals at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad are affiliated with world class medical healthcare facilities and best spine surgeons. Thoracic spine pain is often caused by degenerated discs of the thoracic spine and/or degenerated facet joints in the thoracic spine. Also, some patients may suffer from thoracic pain caused by ligament injuries in the mid-back. The treatment options for thoracic spine surgery in India include facet debridement of the thoracic spine and foramenoplasty of the thoracic spine. You can view the real patient’s experience who got spine treatment in India.
Following are two common procedures used for thoracic spine surgery in India.
Debridement is the surgical removal of torn, inflamed, contaminated, damaged or dead tissue. This technique is used to treat painful facet joints. Prior to surgery, a diagnostic injection of Lidocaine is used to confirm this condition as the cause of thoracic pain. After the location of the painful joint is confirmed, the surgeon makes a small incision of approximately 1 centimeter in the mid-back. A narrow metal tube, called a cannula, is then inserted into this incision. The endoscope is then placed down through the metal tube to illuminate the passageway and project a highly magnified television image of the surgical area on a large screen in the operating room. A surgical laser then vaporizes the nerve leading to the particular facet joint. The small incision is closed with a small, absorbable suture and a loose bandage is placed over the incision.
Thoracic foramenoplasty is used to treat both spinal stenosis (narrowing of the canal through which the thoracic nerve roots exit) and thoracic herniated discs. These conditions produce thoracic pain with radiating pain to one side or the other of the mid-back region. This procedure starts with a small (1 centimeter long) incision to one side or the other of the midline of the thoracic spine. Narrow telescoping metal tubes are then inserted down to the bone over the spinal cord of the thoracic spine. A pin is inserted into the bone as a marker. Soft tissue is cleared off of the lamina and a hole is drilled into the lamina to expose the thoracic spinal cord. The nerve root that exits can be exposed in this way and any bony encroachment such as bone spurs can be removed. Also the disc can be identified laterally and discal material removed if necessary.
Scope of thoracic spine surgery in India is a promising one but one should approach a reputed surgeon or spine surgery hospital of India within the reasonable time to get a speedy health recovery. Medical tourism in India is always ready to help abroad patients who are wishing to have their surgery in India. Medical tourism in India makes all the arrangements at from consultation to post surgery care of the treatment. They also assist the abroad patients in planning their holidays at the various exotic tourist destinations. To know more about your thoracic spine surgery in India and to know the approx expense of the surgery in India, please fill the following enquiry form.
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