A spinal disc herniation or rupture, sometimes incorrectly called a “slipped disc”, is a medical condition affecting the spine where a tear in the outer fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion of the disc to bulge out.
For patients suffering with a herniated disc in the neck, conservative treatment may provide little if any relief. When these measures fail, the next step is often an anterior cervical discectomy.
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The spine is comprised of a series of connected bones called vertebrae. A disc is comprised of an out layer (or “annulus fibrosus”) and gel like center (or “nucleous pulpulsa”) which separates parts of the vertebrae from one another. In many ways, a disc acts like a cushion between the vertebrae. [...]
