Spine Procedures

Back pain is the second most common cause of disability. If you struggle with chronic back pain, your doctor may opt for a spinal procedure. Surgery is an alternative to conservative treatment for spinal conditions. The best spinal surgeons perform these advanced surgical procedures to restore your spine functions and ease severe back pain.

Spinal doctors use the latest equipment for diagnosis. If other procedures fail, spinal surgery becomes a treatment option. At Premier Brain & Spine in New York and New Jersey, experienced board certified spinal surgeons have the skills to diagnose and treat a broad range of spine abnormalities.

Spinal surgeons treat specific spinal conditions with common, targeted procedures, such as:

• Corpectomy
• Decompression surgery
• Discectomy and microdiscectomy
• Disc replacement surgery
• Hemilaminectomy
• Kyphoplasty
• Lumbar foraminotomy
• Scoliosis surgery
• Spinal cord stimulator implantation
• Vertebroplasty
• Revision surgery
• Spinal reconstruction surgery

Additionally, spinal fusion allows your spinal surgeon to join two or more vertebrae to treat a range of spinal problems. In this procedure, your spinal doctor first replaces a damaged disc with a bone graft to encourage two bones to grow together over time.

Other spinal surgeries combine separate steps into one procedure. Some spinal surgeries are named for the approach used — lateral, anterior or posterior — or the spine section targeted — cervical, lumbar or thoracic, such as:

• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
• Anterior lumbar interbody fusion
• Lateral lumbar interbody fusion
• Minimally invasive laminectomy and foraminotomy
• Posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion
• Posterior lumbar interbody fusion
• Thoracic laminectomy and fusion
• Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

If you experience shooting pain in your upper, middle or lower back, get an early diagnosis for the best treatment outcomes. Contact the spine specialists at one of the ten NJ or NY spine centers for the best care and effective spine procedures.