Trans Foraminal Endoscopic Discectomy and Foraminoplasty

Basics of Spine Surgery are decompression and/or stabilization.
Hence Decision making in spine surgeries has to be very much balanced: when what & how much to decompress and or stabilize?
Spine surgeries can be grouped in different anatomic regions. These are the few surgeries common for the given part of the spinal column:

Cranio-Vertebral Junction :

Atlanto axial dislocation reduction & fusion

trans-oral C1-C2 surgeries

Sub-axial spine surgeries:

Anterior Cervical discectomy & fusion

Cervical corpectomy & reconstruction with cage

Thoracic Spine Surgeries:

Costo-transversectomy

Thoracic pedicle screw fixation or hartshill ring fixation

Lumbo-sacral Spine Surgeries:

Laminectomy & discectomy

Instrumented Fusions PLF/ PLIF/ TLIF/ ALIF