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🚨 What’s a Corpectomy? 🚨
- Dr Basil Al Sharef
- Aug 10
- 1 min read
It’s a spine surgery where part of the vertebra (the “body” of the bone) + the discs above/below are removed to take pressure off your spinal cord or nerves.
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💡 Why it’s done:
🔹 Spinal cord compression from arthritis, bone spurs, tumors, fractures, or OPLL
🔹 Multi-level cervical stenosis that can’t be fixed with disc surgery alone
🔹 Revision surgery after a failed previous operation
🔹 Spinal infections (spondylodiscitis) destroying the vertebra
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🛠 How it’s done:
1️⃣ Approach from the front of the neck
2️⃣ Remove the damaged bone & discs
3️⃣ Fill the gap with a bone graft or cage
4️⃣ Add plate & screws for stability and fusion
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💪 Expert tip: At @alsharefspine, we perform corpectomy & vertebral body replacement — including complex reconstructions — in all regions of the spine, for all pathologies.
𝑫𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍 𝑨𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 🇩🇪𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒔 🇨🇭𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.
⚡ Your spine deserves precision. Your recovery deserves expertise.
