Back Surgery Information
Laser Back Surgery Can Get You on the Road to Relief from a Number of Conditions in…
Back pain is one of the top health complaints for American adults. It has many of us running between our doctors, chiropractors, masseuses, and physical therapists day in and day out. We take Tylenol and stronger narcotics when the pain becomes too much to bear. We beg for something stronger and end up with spinal steroid injections. It’s an ongoing battle against painful symptoms that sometimes seems impossible to win. But there’s an answer: laser back surgery.
Laser Back Surgery Provides a Safer, More Effective Alternative to Traditional Back…
If like many Americans you suffer from back pain, you’ve probably taken part in the long, often frustrating process of trying to treat it. It starts with conservative therapies meant to manage pain: hot and cold compresses, pain killers, anti-inflammatory medications, massage, chiropractic adjustments—the list goes on. While those methods normally provide some measure of relief, it’s often only temporary. From there your doctor may tell you that there is no way to eliminate your pain, or he or she may suggest back surgery. If you are considering it, you should research the traditional methods as well as laser back surgery. For most back pain—including sciatica, herniated disc, pinched nerve, and stenosis—the surgical solution involves removing the bone or other tissue that’s compressing the spine or nerves and triggering pain.
Laser Back Surgery at its Finest: Laser Spine Institute
An increasing number of facilities in America and around the globe are providing laser-assisted endoscopic procedures, and like any other medical decision, you should do a lot of research before choosing which facility and surgeon is right for your laser back surgery. Why? Because whomever you choose will be operating near a body part which is vital to your daily functions - the spine. Errors could lead to catastrophic injury, in the worst case scenario, and at the very least, they could mean no relief from the back pain you’re looking to treat. But, when you have your laser back surgery at LSI, you get the peace of mind that comes with choosing the surgery center that performs the most laser spine surgeries per month, more than any facility in the approximately 400. Our surgical team has more than 30 years of combined experience, during which they have perfected the science of laser spine surgery at our state-of-the-art facilities. We’ve treated patients with other health issues and even many aged 90 and up, showing that our minimally invasive surgery is a good solution, even for persons who face increased risks during surgery.
Laser Back Surgery is Successful in Treating Many Conditions—You May Be a Candidate
Whether you’re suffering with the shooting pains in your legs associated with a pinched nerve or herniated disc, or the weakness and tingling that occur with spinal stenosis, you may be a great candidate for laser back surgery at Laser Spine Institute. We treat thousands of patients annually—more than 400 a month—using procedures that directly address the cause of their back pain, using minimally invasive procedures that are both safe and effective. After making a tiny incision in the back, we use a tube to gently push aside muscle to access the problem area of the spine. From there we use a laser, tiny camera, and other tools, fed through the tube to remove whatever tissue is pressing on the spine or nerves and causing your condition.
Bone Spurs in the Neck & Spine Can Be Treated with Gentle Outpatient Surgery at LSI
Bone spurs in the neck can be even more painful than they sound. Bone spurs, also known as osteophytes, are overgrowths of bone that can occur anywhere in the body. While bone spurs are smooth on the surface and do not hurt on their own, they can intrude on other tissue and cause significant discomfort. When bone spurs impinge on the neck and spine, this direct contact with major nerve roots results in severe pain, tingling, numbness, and weakness throughout the body.
Turn Back the Clock on Degenerative Disc Disease with a Gentle Outpatient Procedure
All of us, at one time or another, has wished we could go back in time to be our younger selves. This is especially true for anyone who suffers from degenerative disc disease, a condition marked by the changes that occur in the spine as we age. And, while aging is natural and normal, the pain of degenerative disc disease can greatly limit your ability to do the things you used to enjoy like walking, running, dancing, golfing, and so on. As the pain travels from your neck to your arms and your lower back to your legs, you feel like you will never be the same person you once were.
Sciatic Nerve Pain Relief Is Here Through Gentle Outpatient Procedures by Laser Spine Institute
You can’t sit and you can’t stand without a sharp, burning pain that radiates from your hip, goes through your leg, and lands at the sole of your foot. The pain gets worse at night when you’re trying to sleep and also when you laugh, cough or sneeze. What you’re experiencing is sciatic nerve pain and it has taken over your everyday life.
Sciatic nerve pain is most often caused by a bulging disc that presses on the nerve roots leading to the sciatic nerve, but it also can be caused by other spinal conditions such as spinal arthritis, bone spurs, and spinal stenosis. In addition to pain, the symptoms of sciatic nerve pressure can be tingling, weakness, and numbness in your leg.
Bulging Disc Treatments at Laser Spine Institute: Our Procedures Offer Proven Relief from Back Pain
One of the most common causes of chronic back pain is a bulging disc, which is also called a slipped disc or a ruptured disc. No matter what you call this condition, it can cause extreme pain in the legs, arms, back, and neck. Interestingly, when you suffer from a bulging disc, it is not the disc itself that hurts. Instead, the discomfort comes when the bulge in the disc presses upon nerve roots in the spine. This pressure can signal pain in various parts of the body, or it can interrupt nerve signals and cause tingling, numbness, and weakness in the arms and legs.
Sciatica Treatment Options from Laser Spine Institute: Rediscover Life without Pain
Sometimes, the nerves exiting the bottom of the spine can become pinched, causing extreme pain, burning, tingling, and numbness that radiates from the buttocks and travels down the legs. The common term for this condition is sciatica, and its relentless pain can make standing, sitting, and walking unbearable.
At one time, the last resort for sciatica treatment was very invasive open back surgery which meant a hospital stay, long recovery time, general anesthesia, and the risk of infection. Now, Laser Spine Institute offers minimally invasive outpatient procedures which can free patients from the severe pain and immobility of sciatica.
Spinal Arthritis Treatment Options from Laser Spine Institute: Get Your Life Back
Nearly 50 million Americans suffer from some form of arthritis today. One of the most painful forms of arthritis is spinal arthritis, a condition typically caused when protective cartilage between the bones (or vertebrae) of the spine wears out. Once the vertebrae lose their soft, lubricating cartilage, the ends of the vertebrae will rub against each other, leading to swelling, pain, and bone spurs that press on spinal nerves.
Eventually, spinal arthritis can make you feel frustrated and depressed because you are unable to do the simplest things like tie your shoes or walk a few steps. Initially, treatment options for spinal arthritis might involve medication, massage, and supplements, but patients often say that these treatments don’t last very long.
Laser Spine Institute offers more effective options for spinal arthritis sufferers - options that can relieve arthritis pain at its source.
Laser Back Surgery at Laser Spine Institute: Only the Best for Our Patients
The surgeons at Laser Spine Institute’s world class facilities have one mission: to provide the latest options in innovative laser back surgery available today to patients all across the globe. With total commitment to outstanding patient care, Laser Spine Institute now performs more minimally invasive spine procedures per month than any other spine facility in the world.
Micro Endoscopic Discectomy (MED)
Through advancements in modern surgical technology surgeons worldwide have started performing a surgical procedure called a micro endoscopic discectomy (MED).
Kyphoplasty
A kyphoplasty procedure combines techniques used in a vertebroplasty and balloon catheter technology borrowed from angioplasty. A kyphoplasty if performed to correct painful vertebral fractures caused by osteoporosis.
Discectomy Procedure
A discectomy is performed when a damaged or herniated disc needs to be removed from a patient’s spinal canal. When a spinal disc becomes herniated or damaged, a small piece may break away or become dislodged.
Vertebroplasty
A vertebroplasty procedure is attempted when conventional vertebral compression fracture treatment procedures fail a patient. Failure may be indicated by minimal or no pain relief from analgesics or narcotic pain killers…
IDET (Intradiscal electrothermal therapy)
IDET (intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty) is a new minimally invasive alternative performed using electrothermal catheters allowing for accurate control of cauterizing temperatures for damaged spinal discs
Spinal Stenosis Surgery
Surgery for spinal stenosis is most commonly accomplished through a laminectomy. A laminectomy is performed to relieve pressure from the spinal cord or spinal nerve roots. The pressure could be caused by multiple complications such as, degenerative disc disease, traumatic injury to the spine, disc problems such as a herniated disc, or a tumor. Once the pressure is relieved, painful symptoms will usually go away.
Spinal Fusion Surgery
The purpose of a spinal fusion is to eliminate motion causing pain in a vertebral segment. By fusing the segment together and ceasing the movement the pain should decrease. Spinal fusion surgery requires a bone graft to create the fusion.
Cervical Spine Surgery
The section of the spine that runs up through your neck is known as the cervical spine. It consists of seven vertebrae and eight pairs of spinal nerves that exit the foramen (C1 - C8). Cervical herniated discs and cervical stenosis are the most common problems that occur in this region of the spine.
Back Surgery Recovery
After your surgery you will be well equipped with all the information you will need which will give you can idea of what to expect. It is extremely important that you follow the guidelines you doctor has laid out for you if you expect to make a full recovery.
Lower Back Surgery
The most common back surgery to date is performed on the lower back. This is only natural seeing as how it is the lower back that supports the majority of our weight, and is more often then not the most abused part of the back.
Laser Back Surgery - Spine Care by Laser Spine Institute
Laser back surgery also referred to as laser spine surgery is a minimally invasive procedure that treats all sorts of upper and lower back conditions such as a pinched nerve, a herniated disc, spinal stenosis and many other back conditions.
Back Surgery Alternatives
Many people are left with a difficult decision to make, either attempt back surgery or live on with pain and a limited lifestyle. Suffering for years with back pain is something that nobody wants to go through and for many it is not even a choice. However, there are some back surgery alternatives to look into before you decide to go ahead and undergo surgery.
Back Surgery
In most cases back surgery is an elective procedure. Most often back surgery is not urgent but if the patients lifestyle is being diminished by their back condition, surgery may be considered once conservative methods have failed them.
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
To be honest this actually is not really a syndrome. Failed back surgery syndrome commonly referred to as FBSS is a term applied to the thousands of people who have experienced failed back surgery.