SURGICAL PROCEDURES

The surgeons at Long Island Spine Specialists perform many diverse surgical procedures and are constantly adding the most advanced state-of-the-art treatments.

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Common Procedures

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Bone Fusion: The joining of two or more vertebrae performed to stabilize the spinal column. Bone graft and/or graft substitutes or enhancers are packed around the surfaces of the vertebrae being fused. Bone chips may be used in conjunction with metal fixation devices.

Interbody Fusion: This is one method to obtain spinal fusion and is generally used for the treatment of pain caused by degenerative disc disease. Implants of various types are used to hold the vertebra in postion while the fusion occurs. The procedure can be performed through an anterior (from the front) or posterior (from the back) approach.
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Interdiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET): This minimally invasive procedure is performed to alleviate the effects of low back pain caused by diseased or small herniations of discs. During this treatment, controlled levels of thermal energy (heat) are applied to a broad section of the affected disc wall. The heat contracts and thickens the collagen of the disc wall.
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Intrathecal Pump: A type of advanced pain therapy where an implanted device delivers medications directly into the spinal fluid for better pain control.
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Laminectomy: A laminectomy is the surgical removal of bone from the back of a vertebra to free the nerves. It allows the surgeon to visualize and free the nerve from behind and to reach the area where the disc is pinching the nerves.
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Lumbar Disc Microsurgery (Microdiscectomy): This procedure is the most common and effective microsurgical technique for removal of a disc herniation.
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Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Instrumentation: The use of internally implanted instrumentation (screws, rods, plates, etc) is now a universally accepted method of stabilizing the spine in order to repair traumatic injuries and/or achieve a spinal fusion.

Posterolateral Endoscopic Discectomy: A minimally invasive, viable alternative for radiculopathy, especially for certain types of lumbar disc herniations. It offers several advantages over the open decompression procedures.
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Spinal Cord Stimulation: A type of advanced pain therapy where an implanted device sends electrical impulses to the spinal cord to relieve pain. Spinal Cord Stimulators may be used to treat a variety of painful conditions including post-laminectomy syndrome and neuralgias/neuritis (nerve pain).
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Vertebroplasty: Also known as Kyphoplasty, Verterbroplasty is a minimally invasive procedure to repair osteoporotic fractures. Punctures are made in the back over the involved vertebra and a balloon is inserted through the small punctures and navigated into the vertbra using x-ray guidance. Similar to an angioplasty procedure, the balloon is then inflated, thereby reducing the fracture.
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Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) [Watch Animation]

Anterior Cervical Corpectomy [Watch Animation]

Anterior Cervical Discectomy [Watch Animation]

Anterior Cervical Disc Replacement [Watch Animation]

Inter-Body Fusion [Watch Animation]

Interspinous Process Decompression [Watch Animation]

Interoperative Monitoring of the Nerves [Watch Animation]

Laminaplasty [Watch Animation]

Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy [Watch Animation]

PLIF: Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion [Watch Animation]

TLIF:Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion[Watch Animation]

Total Disc Replacement [Watch Animation]

YESS Discectomy [Watch Animation]