Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in NJ & NYC

If you’ve had chronic back pain for a while, you’ve tried many treatments, including pain medications and injections, to ease your discomfort. When conservative methods don’t eliminate your pain, you need alternative options that work. End the cycle of unsuccessful back pain treatments with minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS). Find relief in the hands of expert spine surgeons at The Spine & Rehab Group in Paramus, NJ.

What Is Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery?

Minimally invasive spine surgery focuses on getting the same or better results as traditional spine surgery, but with less damage and a shorter recovery period. In minimally invasive procedures, the incision typically is two centimeters long or less.

A small tube, which holds a microscope, camera and precision tools, is pushed in through the incision to get to the target area. It eliminates the need to cut through muscle and tissue to get to the spot that needs correction.

The benefits of minimally invasive spine surgery are enormous and include:

• Quicker results
• Less blood loss
• Less muscle and nerve damage
• Less bruising
• Faster recovery time
• Lower risks

In most cases, you’re able to go home the same day. As the founder of The Spine & Rehab Group in Paramus, New Jersey, Dr. Amr Hosny has spent his career specializing in minimally invasive procedures so that you can have your spine repaired with less hassle and pain.

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How Do I Know If I Need Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery?

Set up a consultation with Dr. Amr Hosny. In addition to carefully listening to your list of symptoms and doing a thorough physical exam, Dr. Amr Hosny uses imaging and other tests to determine the safest and quickest way to get you full relief.

Symptoms that respond well to minimally invasive surgery include:

• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Lower back pain
• Trouble walking
• Sciatica
• Tingling
• Weak muscles in your legs or arms
• Stiffness
• Muscle spasms
• A foot that keeps falling asleep
• Trouble turning your midsection
• Difficulty controlling bowels or bladder

What Kinds of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeries Are There?

Most spinal surgeries can be done in a minimally invasive way to reduce risks and the amount of time needed to fully recover. Some procedures require general anesthesia, while others may be performed in the office with local numbing agents. Your New Jersey spine surgeon is well-versed in a wide range of minimally invasive surgeries including:

• Microdiscectomy. This is a procedure used to remove some or all of a disc or discs that sit between your vertebrae. Damaged discs can be extremely painful and lead to complications such as throbbing neck pain from a slipped disc, inflammation or injury A microdiscectomy is commonly performed on all areas of the spine: cervical, thoracic and lumbar.
• Minimally invasive laminectomy. This procedure is designed to seamlessly remove part of the back of one or more vertebrae to create more space for your nerves and spinal cord. Areas damaged by a compressed nerve benefit from this procedure, which is often used to treat conditions like cervical stenosis and thoracic radiculopathy and many other conditions.
• TLIF. Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion is a minimally invasive procedure used to fuse different parts of the spine with a special graft. It’s commonly used to treat spondylolisthesis, cervical degenerative disc disease and lumbar degenerative disc disease and is much less invasive than more extensive spinal fusions.
• Endoscopic posterior cervical foraminotomy. This is a procedure primarily used to treat conditions caused by compressed nerves such cervical radiculopathy, thoracic radiculopathy or lumbar radiculopathy.
• Lumbar decompression. This refers to a group of procedures used to decompress lumbar nerves in lumbar stenosis.

These minimally invasive spine surgeries have a high rate of success in terms of pain relief and getting you back to your usual active self. While your neurosurgeon can also perform other types of spinal surgery, he specializes in minimally invasive procedures, which often produce the most effective results.

Whether you’re tired of non-surgical procedures and recommendations that give you minimal results, you need a revision surgery to repair damage done by another physician or you just want to stop the pain, contact Dr. Amr Hosny at The Spine & Rehab Group in Paramus, New Jersey. Get pain relief for the long term.

Dr. Amr Hosny is a Harvard-trained Interventional Spine Specialist that helps patients achieve pain relief, heal from injury, and return to their normal lifestyle as soon as possible without surgery.

Dr. Hosny completed an Interventional Spine fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, MA, and then finished his residency at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University in NYC. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at New York Medical College and is a written examination editor for the American Board of Anesthesiology. Experienced physician, educator, and healthcare entrepreneur, Dr. Hosny, is committed to enhancing health equity and accessibility using information technology in an era of rapid healthcare transformation while upholding the highest medical care standards.

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The Spine & Rehab Group
140 NJ-17,
Paramus, NJ 07652
(212) 242-8160