What does it mean to have cervical spine surgery?

On the neck: The cervical spine is the neck area. Common cervical spine operations address disk problems, nerve pressure or irritation, spinal cord problems. Other problems are tumors, infections, broken bones.

It means to have an: Operation on the neck region of the spine from one of several approaches (ie anterior, posterior etc) to correct a problem such as a disc herniation, deformity, instability, infection, tumor, spinal stenosis, myleopathy or degenerative disc disease process.

Neck: Cervical spine surgery refers to surgery on the spine in your neck. There are 7 vertebrae in your cervical spine. Thank you for the question.