Minimally-Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS)
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Minimally-invasive spine surgery encompasses surgery that achieves the following:
- Small incision
- Working under a microscope
- Earlier mobilization
- Latest techniques
- Smaller scars/less scar tissue
- Reduced blood loss
- Less pain
- Less soft tissue damage
- Reduced muscle retraction
- Decreased postoperative narcotics
- Shorter hospital stay
- Possibility of performing on outpatient basis
- Faster recovery
- Quicker return to work and activities
The Neurosurgeons at Sierra Neurosurgery Group use MISS techniques, when appropriate, in the neck, back and even brain.
- Anterior cervical fusions and artificial discs
- Posterior cervical foraminotomies
- Lumbar fusions
- Lumbar microdiscectomies
- Spinal fusions, performed from the front, back or side
- Kyphoplasty for fractures
- X’STOP
- XLIF , DLIF, ILIF, TLIF, PLIF
If you would like us to see a patient, or even if you have questions about how to proceed with a workup, don’t hesitate to call Sierra Neurosurgery Group at (775)323-2080.