| Laser spine surgery was created as part of the latest | | | | spine institute and pain management center and its |
| development in surgery all over the globe to make any | | | | services, and the training of its surgeons, not all |
| type of operative procedure as minimally invasive as | | | | hospitals would be prepared to conduct certain types |
| achievable by creating techniques that would require | | | | of endoscopic spinal surgeries. With this in mind, it |
| making only a tiny incision, through which an endoscope | | | | would be best to first find out which hospitals has the |
| is passed and serious tissues are burned away with a | | | | finest facilities and competent specialists that could |
| laser. In comparison to big procedures, these | | | | work with you if ever you plan on undergoing |
| procedures lead to less injury and minimal blood loss | | | | endoscopic spine surgery. A good spine center that |
| for the patient. As a result, minimally-invasive spinal | | | | provides a broad range of laser spine surgery |
| operations are becoming more and more efficient with | | | | treatments is MicroSpine. |
| the many modern techniques experiencing a | | | | Their physicians can perform these endoscopic |
| remarkable surge. Laser back surgery is technically | | | | procedures outlined below... |
| termed as Minimally Invasive or Laser Endoscopic or | | | | - Foraminotomy - excision of the top of the |
| simply Laser Spine Surgery. | | | | intervertebral foramen; |
| When compared with the use of a scalpel, laser spine | | | | - Foraminoplasty - in cases foramenal stenosis, this |
| surgery only has to make a ¼ to ¾ inch cut which | | | | procedure increases the size of the intervertebral |
| gives it quite an advantage though many types of this | | | | foramen; |
| operative treatment that are identical in therapeutic | | | | - Laminotomy- a part of the lamina of the vertebral |
| objective to many regular major spine operations. | | | | arch is excised during the operation to relieve the |
| Laser spine surgery, unlike major spine surgery, is not | | | | damaged spinal cord or nerve root; |
| conducted under typical anesthesia. Rather, it is | | | | - Discectomy; |
| conducted while the patient is under what is called | | | | - Vertebroplasty; |
| "twilight sleep" or conscious sedation, wherein the | | | | - Facetectomy - the articular facet of a vertebra is |
| patient could not experience any pain but is awake | | | | excised in this procedure; |
| enough to respond to surgeon's questions and say if | | | | - Facet Joint Surgery; |
| relief is felt. The anesthesia for conscious sedation is | | | | - Corpectomy - extraction of a vertebral body; |
| provided via a percutaneous injection. | | | | - Spinal Fusion Alternatives; |
| Instead of being cut in major invasive surgeries, laser | | | | - Laminoforaminoplasty - As a way to prevent deeper |
| spine surgery spreads the muscles and soft tissues. | | | | impingement on nerves, bone is extracted to modify |
| Blood loss can also be avoided as any cut blood | | | | the lamina and foramen; |
| vessels are promptly cauterized. These aspects lead | | | | - Endoscopic Hardware Excision; |
| to a faster recovery time for the patient. In just 2 | | | | - Thoracic Discectomy; |
| weeks, the patient can return to work and live without | | | | - Ligament Injury Surgery; |
| limitations after 6 weeks. | | | | - Sacroiliac Joint Surgery; |
| Obese patients can also be operated on quite simply | | | | Nowadays, the study and improvement on different |
| and only a few would need postoperative pain | | | | types of laser spine surgery carries on and these cited |
| medicines. Some doctors may even conduct these | | | | above are just some of them. |
| operations in an outpatient setting. Based upon the | | | | |