Spinal pain can be one of the most common forms of surgery and has been highly successful if alleviating spinal nerve pain.. This is one of the more painful conditions as there is no where for the nerve to move to, resulting in often constant pain. Laminectomy is an operation carried out to relieve actual pressure on the spinal cord, which can manifest itself in conditions such as spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis. While the above operations are some of the more common spinal procedures, there have been other advances in spinal surgery over the last few years. Spinal surgery is a lot safer, and more common than in years gone by, so now there is no need to suffer in silence. Nerve damage and nerve related conditions can often be excruciatingly painful and were often untreatable in the past. Even now doctors will not rush into drastic surgery, often requiring a period of alternative