Select Hospital offer Endoscopic Spine Surgery, an advanced form of Minimal Invasive Surgery through a small incision with an endoscopic fibre optic tube with camera. The procedure, which comprises moving and not cutting muscles, involves less blood loss, pain and trauma, gets you mobile in a day's time. Endoscopic Spine Surgery is usually recommended for conditions such as Slipped disc, Narrowing of spinal canal, Refractory back pain or Spinal infection.
Endoscopic spine surgery has become a practical, minimally invasive technique for decompression in patients with spinal disc herniation or stenosis. This review aimed to summarize the current techniques of endoscopic decompression technique in spine surgery and to discuss the benefits, limitations, and future perspectives of this minimally invasive technique.
Endoscopic spine decompression surgery can be categorized according to the endoscopic property: percutaneous endoscopic (full-endoscopic), microendoscopic, and biportal endoscopic.
It can also be classified based on the approach: transforaminal, interlaminar, anterior, posterior, and caudal approaches. Theoretically, each technique can be applied in the lumbar, cervical, and thoracic spine.
Benefits of the Procedure -
Advantages of our industry leading minimally invasive endoscopic and fusion alternative surgeries include the following: