Anyone have endoscopic surgery...? - Spinal Cord Disorders Message Board

alex12 · 06-06-2007, 03:17 PM

I have read a lot about laser endoscopic spinal surgery and am wondering if anyone has tried it. I only see a few Dr's that do it and was thinking of traveling if it's worth it. ANy suggestions???
Thanks
Alex

SpineAZ · 06-06-2007, 10:21 PM

What kind of spinal surgery? I know that I've heard of success with endoscopic discectomy or laminectomy.

alex12 · 06-07-2007, 05:35 AM

I've seen it on a few sites, one is Micro Spine. It looks as if they do every aspect of the spine and cervical spine. I am looking for someone in the NY area but cannot find one. This particular place is in Florida. It's actually done on an outpatient basis, and it says they do stenosis, arthritis etc...
I'm so interested in this except it's so far and I don't know anyone who has done this less invasive procedure.

SpineAZ · 06-07-2007, 11:14 AM

There seem to be many sites that list minimally invasive spine surgery. I know there is a facility in AZ that offers this - maybe search with the terminology minimally invasive spine surgery

bw67 · 06-12-2007, 09:01 PM

if you want to stay near your area, I'm pretty sure Dr Jho in/near Pittsburgh does the type of procedures you're referring to...

in addition to travel concerns, a lot of the minimally invasive doctors don't take insurance...

if you really research and dig, you can probably find others in your area that do endoscopic procedures.

good luck