What should I prepare before cervical spondylosis surgery?

Preoperative preparation for cervical spondylosis includes preparation by doctors and patients. Doctors should judge whether patients are suitable for surgery based on relevant imaging data, physical examination, relevant laboratory data, and electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, vascular examination, chest X-ray and other data of patients. Patients preparing for surgery should quit smoking and stop using aspirin, non-steroidal drugs, and drugs that promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis for more than one week to reduce bleeding during surgery. At the same time, patients need to understand the scientific knowledge of cervical health, so that they can understand the doctor's advice and cooperate to effectively carry out preoperative preparation and postoperative rehabilitation, and achieve twice the results with half the effort.

Cervical radiculopathy surgery cost

The cost of surgery for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy is related to the surgical method and materials. Prices vary in different regions. The surgical methods for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy are discectomy, bone grafting, integrated fixation, or artificial disc replacement. At present, discectomy, decompression, bone grafting, integrated fixation surgery uses domestic materials with lower prices, with the lowest cost being about 45,000 yuan. Decompression, integrated fixation surgery using imported materials costs about 60,000 yuan. Artificial disc surgery costs about 80,000-90,000 yuan, and adding a segment costs about 10,000 yuan.

Can cervical spondylosis cause chest pain?

Patients with cervical spondylosis may have chest pain, which is a symptom of sympathetic cervical spondylosis. The symptoms of sympathetic cervical spondylosis are very complicated. There are dizziness, palpitations, suffocation, tinnitus, chest pain, upper abdominal distension and pain, nausea, vomiting, etc. Patients with chest pain should first visit the thoracic or cardiology department to eliminate cardiopulmonary lesions, which may lead to serious adverse consequences. Sympathetic cervical spondylosis will not lead to serious adverse consequences. If the patient excludes cardiopulmonary lesions, they can go to the orthopedics department. Patients diagnosed with sympathetic cervical spondylosis should receive targeted treatment, and some patients can relieve their chest pain symptoms.