Spinal Surgery

Future Neurospine offers surgical treatment of spine disorders with the latest new and/or minimally invasive techniques. Decompression of nerve roots or spinal cord is done with minimally invasive Swivel Port tubular access and the operating microscope for discectomy, foraminotomy or laminectomy. Lumbar disc protrusions may be treated with percutaneous Hydrodiscectomy performed as an outpatient. Indirect decompression for spinal stenosis may be done with outpatient insertion of the X-Stop interspinous process device. Thoracic and/or lumbar osteoporotic compression fractures may be fixed with outpatient Kyphoplasty. Lumbar fusions are performed with pedicle screw fixation which in many cases may be placed via Swivel Port minimally invasive tubular access systems. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is performed with plate fixation via minimal size incisions.

The following is a listing of these procedures with links to further information:

• Minimally invasive lumbar microdiscectomy via Swivel Port tubular access developed by Dr. Macon at MetroWest Medical Center
  
  
• Minimally invasive lumbar laminectomy and spinal decompression for stenosis, spondylosis and tumors
  
  
• Minimally invasive TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion) for instability or spondylolisthesis
  
  
• Minimally invasive PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion) for instability or spondylolisthesis
  
  
• Lumbar Kyphoplasty for compression fractures
  
  
• X-STOP decompression for lumbar stenosis
  
  
• Lumbar decompression and pedicle screw/rod fixation and fusion for instability due to trauma, degeneration of spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis
  
  
• Thoracic microdiscectomy via the Swivel Port
  
  
• Thoracic decompression, pedicle screw/rod fixation and fusion for trauma, degenerative spondylosis or tumor
  
  
• Thoracic Kyphoplasty for compression fractures
  
  
• Posterior cervical microforaminotomy via Swivel Port tubular access developed by Dr. Macon at MetroWest Med Center
  
  
• Anterior cervical discectomy, interbody fusion (ACDF) plate fixation for disc herniation or trauma
  
  
• Posterior cervical decompressive laminectomy, lateral mass fixation and fusion for trauma or spondylosis