MIS (Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery)
Minimally invasive spine surgery is an alternative to traditional open surgical procedures performed to treat different spinal disorders, such as degenerative disc disease, herniated disc, scoliosis, and spinal stenosis.
Minimally invasive techniques have been adopted more slowly in spine surgery than in other surgical disciplines.
The goal of minimally invasive spine surgery is to achieve outcomes equivalent to those of open surgery while minimizing muscle dissection, disruption of ligament attachment sites and collateral damage to soft tissues.
What are the common endoscopic spine surgery treatment options?
Today, this technique may be applied for many types of spine surgery with faster recovery time and fewer risks of developing complications. The undermentioned procedures are performed commonly:
Decompression: A procedure to remove the pathology/structure causing pressure on a nerve.- Fusion: A procedure in which two or more vertebrae (smaller bones that form the building blocks of the spine) are joined or fused into a single, solid bone to eliminate painful motion or to restore stability to the spine.
- Disc Replacement: Pain relief is achieved by removal of the painful disc and placement of a prosthetic implant to maintain the motion at that spinal segment.
- Rhizotomy: Division of the sensory nerve that produces pain.
- Foraminotomy: The nerves of the spinal cord exit through a small opening known as intervertebral foramen which is located between the vertebrae. In certain conditions, these openings may become too small and compress the nerve. In such a case, endoscopic lumbar and cervical foraminotomy may be done to relieve pressure on compressed nerves by enlarging the area around one the affected bones in the spinal column.
- Discectomy: Selective Endoscopic Discectomy (SED) or endoscopic discectomy is an endoscopic spine surgery treat problems of the disc that cause back and leg pain. A Micro Endoscopic Discectomy is an endoscopic procedure performed to relieve pain caused by a herniated disc which is pressing on a nerve root.
- Balloon kyphoplasty: This is a type of endoscopic spine surgery done for the treatment of spinal fractures caused by conditions like osteoporosis.
Benefits of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Dr. Vardan Says ,MIS procedures cause less operative trauma for the patient and the surgical site. It also causes less post-operative pain and scarring, can help speed up a patient’s recovery and reduces the presence of post-surgical complications. There are some of the common benefits of MIS:
- LESS PAIN
- LESS BLOOD LOSS FROM SURGERY
- REDUCED RISK OF MUSCLE DAMAGE
- MORE ACCURATE & EFFECTIVE PROCEDURE
- DECREASRED RISK OF INCISIONAL INFECTION