CERVICAL DISC REPLACEMENT
Cervical spine constitutes of 7 discs from C1 to C7 and this spine is responsible for movement of your neck. Any problem in the cervical spine can cause pain in neck, shoulder, arms along with numbness and weakness. Your cervical spine also forms a protective tunnel for the upper part of your spinal cord to pass through. This part of your spinal cord contains the spinal nerves that supply your upper body with sensation and movement. When there is reduction in space between vertebrae then the disc in your cervical spine can come out and presses agains the nerve causing pain. Cervical Disc Replacement is the best treatment and surgery for disc disease.
REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE
Cervical disc replacement is newer procedure as compared to lumbar disc replacement. Before cervical disc replacement surgery started the best solution for cervical disc disease used to be fusion of two levels of spine. Surgeon would remove the affected disc and fuse the two levels. The biggest disadvantage of this surgery was lack of free movement in the neck. With disc replacement available now and also state of the art FDA approved disc implants available in India disc disease are relatively easier to treat. Dr Sudeep Jain is one of the best spine specialist in New Delhi, India when it comes to cervical disc replacement surgery and he performs numerous procedure on various domestic and international patients.
COST OF TREATMENT
Cost of treatment for disc disease depends upon the type of implant used. Dr Sudeep Jain uses only US FDA approved implants while performing the cervical disc replacement surgery. However there are different kinds of implants that are available and so are the varied costs. The stay in hospital for a cervical disc replacement surgery is between 2-3 days. Most of the patients get discharged from the hospital on the 3rd day with minimal or no discomfort.
