Surgery is not recommended for all spinal conditions; it is only recommended when noninvasive measures have been tried and have failed. For example, surgery may be recommended for persistent back or neck pain. Surgery may also address conditions in which a nerve or the spinal cord is compressed and neurological function is compromised, or if the spine has become unstable due to disease.

Our surgical team offers the highest level of expertise in an array of sophisticated spinal procedures for the treatment of disk problems, stenosis, tumors, fractures, deformity, and instability. For example, our surgeons are highly trained in minimally invasive techniques including microsurgical and endovascular options, such as decompression lumbar laminectomy; microdiscectomy; embolization of spinal arteriovenous malformations or hypervascular tumors; vertebroplasty; and kyphoplasty.

Research has consistently shown that experienced surgeons and practitioners at centers of excellence achieve the best possible patient outcomes.