Operating the spine through the opening of three centimeters

The operation takes less than the usual and there is less blood loss. The surgeon can access deformities sideways, or combined with front and back side.

Degenerative diseases, some vertebral fractures, congenital deformities of the spine and other conditions that require surgical treatment, more recently can be resolved through an incision of only a few centimeters.

With the help of the device for visualization, an endoscope, surgeons problem reveal the minimum opening in the skin, which is damaged significantly less tissue in the operating zone, and the recovery is faster than a conventional procedure. Patients already the next day get up and walk, and postoperative complications and problems that are related to the operation are reduced to a minimum.

– The new method can done almost everything that is done and the standard, but the approach is different, and surgical corridor narrower – explains the doctor,

– The advantages are numerous. For example, when it comes to spinal surgery on the back side, a great cut is needed, which leads to damage to the muscles and separation of the spinal column. They later atrophy, so that recovery of the standard approach is longer and postoperative can occur complications.

Except for access from the front or the back, spine surgeon can access the lateral, or combined. The operation takes less than standard and there is less blood loss. Usually, in this way operates shorter segment of the spine.

Before surgery is required diagnostics that is the same with the standard approach. In addition to the physical examination is necessary X-ray in functional positions (bent forward, backward, sideways) to see what the mobility of the spine and if there is a pathological mobility. The scanner allows you to see the structure and morphology of the vertebrae, and magnetic resonance imaging, in the end, shows soft tissue, nerve roots and spinal cord. Based on the results determined what approach will be applied, and whether the operation can be done through one or more small through holes, that is, whether it can be applied minimally invasive approach, and if so, which of the several available minimally invasive surgery technique is most appropriate for the patient.