Explore Dr. Karim Ben Ghezala's spine treatments. In each treatment, you will find clear information about its indication, what it involves, and what to expect from the process, with a patient-centered medical approach.
Minimally invasive technique that restores the height of a collapsed vertebral body and stabilises the fracture with a balloon and bone cement, applicable to any thoracic or lumbar level.
Spine surgery to treat spondylodiscitis (infection of the disc and vertebral bodies) when antibiotics are not enough, or when neurological deficit, instability or an epidural abscess compressing the spinal cord or nerve roots is present.
Microsurgical removal of intradural extramedullary and intramedullary tumours with neuromonitoring to resect the lesion while preserving the spinal cord and nerve roots.
Surgery aimed at resecting benign or malignant primary bone tumours of the vertebra, with reconstruction and stabilisation as part of an individualised multidisciplinary plan.
Surgery that releases a tethered cord by cutting a tight or thickened filum terminale to halt neurological progression, low back pain and bowel or bladder symptoms.
Percutaneous injection of bone cement (PMMA) into a fractured vertebra, lumbar or thoracic, to stabilise it and relieve pain quickly.
If you recognise yourself in some of these symptoms and your pain is starting to limit your daily life, we can review your case in a personalised consultation. Dr. Ben Ghezala will assess your clinical history and imaging studies to help you decide the best treatment option for you.
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