Two Sacroiliac Joint Fusions
One of the problems you see with a long spinal fusion is that, although usually quite a few years later, the patient will experience a lot of sacroiliac joint pain and…
One of the problems you see with a long spinal fusion is that, although usually quite a few years later, the patient will experience a lot of sacroiliac joint pain and…
For this 67 year old patient with a cervical myelopathy with both anterior and posterior compression and a disc herniation, I'm performing an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Depending on…
Pseudoarthrosis or a "false joint" occurs when the vertebrae fail to fuse together after surgery. In this instance, it caused pain and instability, so we went in to remove the…
Although this patient had an L5-S1 laminectomy years ago, they're now experiencing back and leg pain plus stenotic pressure on the spine. To correct this, I performed a laminectomy and…
Looking back on a minimally invasive spinal fusion on this beautiful Monday! Let's check out the view and explore how this fusion will provide increased stability to relieve this patient…
For a patient who underwent an endoscopic discectomy several months ago and now has recurrent sciatica pain, I found a small disc recurrence. Let me show you how far out…
I've been covering a large number of disc herniations and spinal fusions recently, but I never want to overlook my endoscopy cases. An endoscopic approach to spine surgery means an…
Bye-bye back pain, hello summer fun! No one wants to see their disc herniation return, especially when it's accompanied by back pain and severe leg pain. When repeat discectomies become…
Some days everything just falls into place in the OR! Back in February I had the opportunity to perform multiple surgeries in two different rooms with two different teams to…
This patient with a recurrent disc herniation at L3-4 has had two previous endoscopic discectomies. Instead of a third discectomy with a chance of recurrence, this time we'll perform a…