Spine Services
Our spinal services include patient education, individualized care, and advanced treatment and reconstruction choices to ensure the highest level of independence and physical ability.
ORTHOPEDICS
Our spinal services include patient education, individualized care, and advanced treatment and reconstruction choices to ensure the highest level of independence and physical ability.
CLINICAL MINUTES: MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY
Dr. Maxwell Merkow, Neurosurgeon and Spine Specialist, discusses the latest in minimally invasive spine procedures.
Complex Spine Reconstruction: Advanced techniques to reconstruct and stabilize the spine at all levels.
Minimally invasive spinal surgery: Small surgical incisions to treat a variety of spinal disorders and conditions, providing a quicker recovery than traditional open surgical techniques.
Discectomy/microdiscectomy: Surgical removal or partial removal of a vertebral disc to relieve pressure from the nerves.
Disc replacement: Surgical replacement of a diseased or herniated lumbar disc with an artificial disc.
Laminectomy: Surgical removal of part of the lamina to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and nerve roots.
Spinal Fusion: A procedure that uses a bone graft and surgical hardware to create a solid union between two or more vertebrae to provide additional spinal support.
Vertebroplasty: Injecting bone cement into the vertebrae to stabilize fractures, resulting in significant pain relief and restoration of mobility.