When you have back or spine issues, it impacts everything in your daily life. If you’re experiencing neck, low back, sacroiliac, or shooting arm/leg pain then Dr. Prashant Kale and the Medplus Apex Hospital Orthopedic team will help. We explore non-surgical treatment options first. But if those treatments fail to control your symptoms or provide relief, it may be time to consider surgical options.
When to See an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon?
Your primary care doctor may refer you to an orthopedic spine surgeon if non-surgical treatments—like lifestyle changes, physical therapy, or medications—have not resolved your issues.
Issues such as:
- Shooting arm and/or leg pain
- Neck pain
- Low back pain
- Sacroiliac joint pain
Dr. Prashant Kale Perform Below Spine Surgery:
A) Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS)
Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS), does not involve a long incision, it avoids significant damage to the muscles surrounding the spine. Typically, this results in less pain after surgery and a faster recovery Spine surgery is usually recommended only when a period of nonsurgical treatments like medications and physical therapy have not relieved the painful symptoms caused by your back problem.
The Advantages of MISS include:
- Better cosmetic results from smaller skin incisions (sometimes as small as 2 centimeters)
- Less blood loss from surgery
- Reduced risk of muscle damage since less or no cutting of the muscle is required
- Reduced risk of infection and postoperative pain
- Faster recovery from surgery and less rehabilitation required
- Diminished reliance on pain medications after surgery
Conditions commonly treated with MISS
- Degeneration of disc
- Herniation of Disc
- Lumbar spinal stenosis
- Spinal deformities such as scoliosis
- Spinal infections
- Spinal instability
- Vertebral compression fractures
- Spinal Tumors
B) Spine fractures:
A spinal fracture is a serious injury in which one or more vertebra in the spinal column collapses, causing the vertebra to become compressed.
It is typically caused by high-impact trauma, such as a car accident or long-distance fall, but can also be caused by osteoporosis in older individuals with weakened bones.
Symptoms:
- The primary symptom is moderate to severe back pain that is made worse by movement.
- When the spinal cord is also involved, numbness, tingling, weakness, or bowel/bladder dysfunction may occur
Treatment:
- bed rest, analgesics
- surgery
- minimally invasive pedicle screw fixation
- decompression and fixation
Book an Appointment:
Dr. Prashant Kale is a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon in Ahmednagar, specializing in knee replacement and hip replacement surgery including
partial and total replacement surgery. For more information & an appointment or consulting you can contact us on 089810 08008 or Book an online appointment form.