Lumbar decompression surgery
Lumbar decompression surgery Lumbar decompression surgery is a type of surgery used to treat compressed nerves in the lower (lumbar) spine. It's only recommended when non-surgical treatments haven't helped. The surgery aims to improve symptoms such as persistent pain and numbness in the legs caused by pressure on the nerves in the spine. Lumbar decompression surgery is used to treat: spinal stenosis – narrowing of a section of the spinal column, which puts pressure on the nerves inside a slipped disc and sciatica – where a damaged spinal disc presses down on an underlying nerve spinal injuries – such as a fracture or the swelling of tissue metastatic spinal cord compression – where cancer in one part of the body, such as the lungs, spreads into the spine and presses ...