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Educational X-Ray Images

Posterior cervical foraminotomy

Teaching films from Dr. Li’s surgery library. They are not a diagnosis. Your own studies should be read in clinic with the history and the exam.

Back to Foraminotomy

Sagittal and axial cervical MRI with arrows at the compressed foramen
Cervical MRI — foraminal compression (preoperative)
Lateral cervical x-ray without fusion hardware after posterior foraminotomy
Cervical spine — lateral x-ray
Intraoperative lateral fluoroscopy with an instrument at the cervical foramen
Intraoperative fluoroscopy — posterior cervical foraminotomy

Images are de-identified educational examples. They do not show every variation of this operation, and they are not a promise of a particular result.

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