Spine care

Our Spine Ethos Program is dedicated to easing your discomfort and helping you move more freely. We offer many preoperative and postoperative resources, and take the time before your procedure to go over any questions you may have about your affected joints and how to avoid any further aggravations. This is stressed even further during physical therapy and rehabilitation, a critical component of most treatment plans.

We offer multiple spine procedures for your benefit, including:

• Corpectomy — This is a removal of all or part of the damaged vertebral body and discs to free up nerves and the spinal cord.
• Discectomy — This is a removal of partial or full disc material between the vertebrae. It may be done from the back or through the abdomen.
• Foraminotomy — This is a removal of bone from openings in the spine (foramen), relieving pressure on the nerves.
• Fusion — This is a procedure where we may use rods, screws, cages, plates and spacers to facilitate a fusion. Bone or bone graft substitutes might be used to stabilize and eliminate motion in designated vertebral segments of the spine. This can be completed by accessing the spine through the abdomen, back or neck.
• Laminectomy or laminotomy — These procedures remove bone from the spine to access a disc or free up the spinal cord and nerves.
• Laminoplasty — This procedure creates a hinge in the bone to open up space in the back of the neck, freeing up the spinal cord and nerves.
• Vertebroplasty — This is an injection of liquid bone cement into fractured vertebrae to provide stabilization and reduced pain.

Minimally invasive surgery

Whenever possible, our spine surgeons use specialized robot-assisted technology to perform advanced procedures. This technology creates a 3D image of the spine to help improve surgical accuracy and reduce physical trauma on your body.

We offer a range of free online seminars that cover topics such as robot-assisted spine surgery. To learn more about the neck and back procedures that may be available to you, you can watch these free online seminars at your convenience.