How Technology Is Changing the Way Spine Procedures Are
New technologies, like robotic spine surgery, help doctors do delicate procedures with more accuracy, which lowers the risk of making a mistake.
What Is Vertebroplasty?
Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive medical procedure used to stabilise a fractured vertebra in the spine. It is often discussed in the broader context of spine surgery,
What Is Kyphoplasty?
Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive medical procedure used to stabilise certain types of vertebral compression fractures and restore the height of a collapsed vertebra when appropriate.
Is spinal surgery a high risk surgery?
Nerves, discs, joints, and a lot of medical jargon. It is natural to label anything involving the spine as high risk.
Unilateral biportal endoscopy (UBE)
Unilateral biportal endoscopy (often shortened to UBE or biportal endoscopic spine surgery) is a minimally invasive spine technique that uses two separate working channels (portals) through a single side of the back