The Bonati Institute encourages everyone seeking medical attention for a spine problem to conduct extensive research into the spine’s anatomy, pathologies and conditions and treatment options. It is not only important to choose your spine surgery team carefully but equally important to understand the terminology so that you may communicate effectively with your practitioners. For those reasons we offer this glossary of medical terms relevant to spine surgery and our offer to assist you in any way we can. Please feel free to call our Patient Services group at (866) 298-7513 if we can help.