Minimally invasive surgery is often one of the most effective ways to address back or neck pain. It can offer nearly immediate relief and a quicker recovery time than traditional surgery. In many cases, since incisions are smaller and fewer, there is less risk of infection. Procedures can often be completed on an outpatient basis, and most patients can return to work within days.
Our minimally invasive surgeries use the most advanced technologies available. The minimally invasive procedures, which are being done routinely at our neurospine clinic are:-
Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive surgery used to treat a spinal fracture. Spinal compression fractures occur primarily in spinal vertebrae that have been weakened by osteoporosis. Compression fractures typically occur in the thoracic region of the spine, which includes the T1 through T12 vertebrae, but may also occur in the lumbar spine, or L1 through L5. The goals of kyphoplasty are to reduce pain from the fracture, stabilize the vertebra, and restore the vertebra back to its normal height. In the procedure, the patient lies face down on the operating table. The surgeon makes a small incision over the affected area. Using X-ray guidance, the surgeon inserts a narrow tube through the pedicle into the fractured vertebra. A balloon tamp is then inserted through the tube into the fractured vertebra. Once inside the vertebra, the balloon tamp is inflated to create an open cavity inside the bone and to restore height to the collapsed vertebra. The surgeon then deflates and removes the balloon tamp from the vertebra, leaving the new bone cavity behind. A pasty compound called PMMA, a type of bone cement, is injected into the cavity until it is full. The cement hardens quickly, creating an internal cast inside of the fractured vertebra.
Percutaneous insertion of balloons.
C-arm image of balloons insertion.
Image after kyphoplasty.
Nucleoplasty therapy is a recently developed technique for the treatment of pain coming from a spinal disc. A special probe is inserted into the spinal disc and is used to remove a small amount of disc tissue from the disc nucleus and then to applied controlled thermal energy or heat to the disc. This causes the pressure within the disc wall to decrease and allows the disc to bulge or protrude less.
Percutaneous insertion of probe.
C-arm image of probe insertion(AP view).
C-arm image of probe insertion(lateral view).
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