Back and spine surgical methods have evolved over the last decade, allowing doctors to perform back and spine surgery using very small incisions—often less than one inch—and tiny cameras and surgical instruments. Consequently, you spend less time in the hospital and recovering.
Back and spine surgeons at CPMC offer a variety of minimally invasive surgeries, incorporating the most advanced surgical tools and methods available. Procedures include:
- Lateral Interbody Fusion
- Microdiscectomy
- Microlaminectomy
- Microlaminotomy
- Mimimally Invasive Spinal Fusion
- Percutaneous Cervical Surgery
- Percutaneous Disc Surgery
- Percutaneous Lumbar Surgery
- Spinal Fusion
- Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF)