Endoscopic Spine Surgery.
It all began with an idea. An idea to provide faster recovery and “ultra” minimally invasive surgery for spine patients.
Two weeks after endoscopic removal of a disc herniation
Healed incision less than 1 centimeter
What it is.
Endoscopic spine surgery is performed under the visualization of a camera using a single portal through incisions less than 1 cm in length. Often termed “ultra” minimally invasive, endoscopic spine surgery minimizes tissue disruption unlike conventional open spine surgeries.
Endoscopic spine surgery can treat spine disorders such as herniations, facet arthropathy, facet cysts, and stenosis.
What it isn’t.
Endoscopic spine surgery is not laser spine surgery. Endoscopic spine surgery is performed by Dr. Domingo Molina IV, MD, a fellowship trained spine surgeon, with many of the same instruments used during traditional minimally invasive spine surgery.
In endoscopic spine surgery there is no muscle cutting unlike conventional open procedures.
Why endoscopic spine surgery?
Endoscopic spine surgery is performed with very small incisions. Surgery is performed in an outpatient setting and patients usually require minimal pain medicine following their surgery.
Endoscopic spine surgery is motion sparing surgery. Often times spinal disease is in an area of the spine that when accessed by conventional spine procedures, is only amenable to fusion.
Endoscopic spine surgery may provide access to these hard to reach areas and eliminate the need for fusion.