We are thrilled to announce the first 2 surgeries were performed at the 
To find out more about the Belmont Surgery Center, please visit their website: Once a patient undergoes a formal treatment program and still has issues, it’s time to evaluate if he or she is a candidate for surgery. Most of the time – nine times out of 10 – patients do not need an operation to correct their spine issues. However, in recalcitrant cases where surgery is required, we now have an array of surgery options from which to choose to accomplish our desired goals.
Why minimally invasive?
There has been an explosion in spine surgery advances, most especially in minimally invasive surgery. Continual refinement of surgical techniques and devices now allows us to perform procedures minimally invasively that in the past required large incisions, long hospitalization and lengthy recovery times.
Advantages of minimally invasive surgery:
- Less anesthesia
- Smaller incisions
- Shorter operation times
- Decreased blood loss
- Shorter hospital stays
- Faster recovery times
- We’re still able to accomplish everything we were able to do in the past, but it’s safer for the patient. Minimally invasive techniques also offer solutions for patients who have had surgery in the past.
The advantages of minimally invasive surgery over traditional, open spine surgery are undeniable. We’re on the cutting edge of both learning and teaching these techniques, and I personally travel around the globe to teach these techniques to other surgeons. It is exciting work knowing we are continually making these surgeries safer for patients so they can find relief from back pain and return to their daily routines faster.
Listed below are some of the spine problems I treat, and all of these can be cared for minimally invasively if the patient should require surgery.
Spine problems treatable with MIS:
- Sciatica
- Herniated discs
- Stenosis
- Slippage/spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- And more!
Thankfully, most patients will never have to see the inside of the operating room. But for those who do, patients can rest easy knowing they will be accurately evaluated and diagnosed, and have access to the most cutting-edge facilities, equipment, providers and surgical techniques in the country.