Spinal Orthopedic Procedures - Back Surgery Procedures
Arthroscopic Spine Procedures
Click Here to see how you can get your life back in 5 daysThere are many spinal conditions that are treated at the Laser Spine Institute (LSI). All procedures are uniquely designed and developed to provide patients with the best possible medical care.
There are four primary spine procedures performed on patients at the Laser Spine Institute (LSI).
- Foraminotomy
- Laminotomy
- Percutaneous Arthroscopic Discectomy
- Facet Thermal Ablation
- Spinal Fusion Alternative
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The type of procedures that are performed depends on the pathology that the surgeon is treating. Conditions such as foraminal narrowing caused by bulging discs, herniated discs, scar tissue, bone spurs, thickening of the ligament and facet hypertrophy can be treated with a foraminotomy.
Conditions such as spinal stenosis that is caused by a herniated disc, bulging disc, bone spurs, hypertrophy of the ligament flavum, facet hypertrophy and scar tissue can be approached surgically by doing a laminotomy.
FREE - MEDICAL REVIEW AND SECOND OPINION
Fax your MRI REPORT to LSI and a qualified member of our staff will call you to discuss your condition(s) and what treatment may be effective. This review is at no cost to you, with no obligation and is kept completely confidential between you and the LSI staff. A personal consultation and/or written evaluation can only be provided if you are examined by a doctor at Laser Spine Institute, at which time there will be an appointment charge.
Most patients have multiple conditions occurring at once and may require a combination of techniques that include, for example, both a foraminotomy and a laminotomy. There are many times when a patient will have symptoms relative to a pinched nerve caused by spinal stenosis or foraminal narrowing as well as having back pain secondary to arthritis of the spine (facet disease). At Laser Spine Institute (LSI) we frequently perform multiple procedures together so that the patient does not have to return, keeping time and cost at a minimum. Since the procedures are minimally invasive and recuperation time is negligible compared to traditional spine surgeries, it is not any more difficult on the patient to treat more than one condition at a time. It allows our patients to return to their lives sooner and enjoy it to the fullest.
OPERATIVE PROCEDURES
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After a local anesthetic, the first Depuy tube is put into the small incision. A series of tubes of increasing size are placed over this first tube, one at a time, to slowly create the opening to the spine. That means we can perform spinal procedures with minimal damage to the surrounding muscles. The muscles are pushed out of the way and are not torn or cut. The last tube is about 18 millimeters in diameter and through this translucent, working tube we can insert the lasers, cameras, suction, irrigation and other surgical instruments. Once everything is in place, the surgeon can begin removing the bone and tissue that is compressing the nerve.
Laser Spine Institute utilizes instrumentation for minimally invasive spine surgery from Depuy Spine, a division of Johnson and Johnson, specifically their translucent, dilating tubing system to perform arthroscopic laser spine procedures.