Spinal Fusion Surgery—5 Reasons Why Laser Back Surgery Is the Preferred Choice

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Spinal Fusion Surgery—5 Reasons Why Laser Back Surgery Is the Preferred Choice

There are many conditions in which back pain appears to be caused by movement between the vertebrae, or bones in your spinal column. When this happens and conservative treatments do not ease your pain, your doctor may recommend spinal fusion surgery. During spinal fusion surgery, two or more damaged vertebrae are connected together with extra bone tissue (which often comes from a donor site in your own body) plus screws, plates, and other hardware. Once fused, the vertebrae will be immobilized with the goal of reducing pain.

Spinal fusion surgery is performed on hundreds of thousands of people every year, but unfortunately, the less-than-stellar success rate of this invasive operation might not make it worth the risks involved. As an alternative, Laser Spine Institute offers minimally invasive, outpatient treatments for people suffering with a range of back and spine conditions. If you have been told that you might need spinal fusion surgery, take some time to investigate why a gentle, endoscopic procedure at LSI is the preferred choice:

LSI’s procedures do not require hospitalization or general anesthesia; fusion does.
Our procedures take less than an hour, compared to 2-12 hours for fusion surgery.
LSI’s infection rate is less than 0.1%. The national hospital average infection rate is 4%.
Laser-assisted back surgery provides over 85% quality of life improvement within 3 months, compared to a 50% success rate for spinal fusion surgery.
After surgery at LSI, our patients are able to return to their normal activities in as little as two weeks. Fusion patients, on the other hand, need months of recovery time.

In addition, spinal fusion has been shown to cause stress and damage to surrounding areas of the spine, sometimes resulting in the need for more surgery down the road. This and other drawbacks to fusion surgery have motivated many people in the medical profession to question whether spinal fusion should be used for herniated discs and other degenerative spine conditions.

To receive more information about why laser-assisted surgery is preferred over invasive open-back surgery, contact Laser Spine Institute for a free MRI or CT scan review.

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