| Category | Upper Back Surgery |
A corpectomy is a surgery to relieve pressure on the spinal cord due to spinal stenosis. In spinal stenosis, bone spurs press against the spinal cord, leading to a condition called myelopathy. This can produce problems with the bowels and bladder and disrupt the way you walk. Fine motor skills of the hand may also be impaired. In a corpectomy, the front part of the spinal column is removed. (Corpus means body, and ectomy means to remove.) Bone grafts are used to fill in the space. This procedure is used when bone spurs have developed in more than one vertebra.
