Treatments
Use the options below to explore potential treatments for your medical needs.
Types of treatment or procedure:
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
An anterior cervical discectomy is an operation performed on your upper spine to relieve pain caused by a herniated disc.
Chemical Sympathectomy
Your sympathetic nerves run down the front of your spine outside your spinal column.
Dorsal root ganglion block
The dorsal root ganglion is the area of a spinal nerve that connects the nerves to your spine. This area sends impulses from nerves to your spinal cord.
Epidural anaesthetic
An epidural anaesthetic involves injecting local anaesthetic into an area called the epidural space near your spinal cord.
Epidural injection for pain relief
An epidural is a type of pain-killing injection given by an anaesthetist.
Laminectomy
During a laminectomy the surgeon removes enough bone and tissue from the back of the spine to free trapped nerves.
Lumbar discectomy
During lumbar discectomy a surgeon will remove the herniated portion of a disc relieving the pressure on nearby nerves. The procedure is often performed with minimal invasion and often referred to as microdiscectomy.
Medial facetectomy
A medial facetectomy is a procedure to release nerves trapped by diseased or injured facet joints.
Parotid gland removal (parotidectomy)
Your parotid glands are salivary glands located just in front of your ear.
Spinal (lumbar) Decompression
Spinal decompression is a type of back surgery used to release trapped nerves in the lower (lumbar) spine.
Spinal anaesthetic
Spinal anaesthetic, also known as a spinal block, is administered by injecting drugs into an area called the subarachnoid space near the spinal cord. Spinal anaesthesia can be used while you are awake or in combination with sedation or general anaesthetic.
X-Ray Guided Facet Joint Injection
A facet joint injection involves injecting local anaesthetics and sometimes steroids into or around a facet joint. The local anaesthetics numb the nerves to the facet joint to give pain relief. The steroids reduce inflammation and may make the pain relief last longer.