WHAT IS MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY?
When surgery on your spine is necessary, "less is more". Spine surgery has evolved tremendously over the last two decades. No longer is it necessary to use large incisions and peel muscles off of the spine in order to open up space for a nerve, place instrumentation or visualize the site of pathology.
Modern techniques now utilize smaller incisions and image guidance to perform spine surgery.
In fact, some procedures can be formed through an incision smaller than a nickel!
This results in a lower risk of wound complications and less pain immediately after surgery. Many patients can return home after certain types of minimally invasive spine surgery.
Watch Dr. Hirsch discuss how he defines minimally invasive spine surgery!
Dr. Hirsch performs many types of minimally invasive spine surgery:
Minimally invasive lumbar laminectomy
Transforaminal endoscopic microdiscectomy
Interlaminar endoscopic microdiscectomy
Biportal endoscopic lumbar decompression
Lumbar artificial disc replacement
Cervical artificial disc replacement
Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
(aka MIS-TLIF)
Minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion
(aka ALIF)
Minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion
(aka LLIF)
Endoscopic cervical foraminotomy