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Neck and Back Pain Surgery at Laser Spine Institute is Safer Than Traditional Surgery

Neck and Back Pain Surgery at Laser Spine Institute is Safer Than Traditional Surgery

Deciding to have neck or back pain surgery is a big step. It generally follows months or even years of other treatments that failed to provide relief. Now, with your neck or back pain worse than ever, you’re faced with the possibility of undergoing major surgery just to get back to your regular activities. Your doctor has told you there are risks and also informed you that it may not even work. It seems like there’s an awful lot on the line for a procedure that may simply fail in the end. Fortunately, that’s not your only option. Laser Spine Institute offers neck and back pain surgery that not only offers better results than traditional surgery by 25%, but is also safer.

Here’s why: 

  • Surgery at LSI is an outpatient procedure conducted at one of our surgery centers. Traditional back surgery takes place in a hospital where germs are more prevalent.
  • LSI utilizes endoscopic techniques, so our surgeons only have to make a small incision in the back or neck, and we never have to cut or tear muscle. This leads to less bleeding and less damage to surrounding tissue.
  • Laser surgery at LSI comes with a rate of infection much lower than that of traditional, open-back surgery, thanks to its outpatient status and endoscopic nature.
  • LSI’s back pain surgery creates less scar tissue and very rarely requires fusing. Those two things are common in traditional surgery and can lead to the creation of new back pain.

LSI’s surgery also comes with a quicker recovery. Most of our patients are back to their normal activities within two weeks of surgery, but patients who undergo traditional back pain surgery sometimes stay in the hospital for weeks and don’t return to their normal activities for months.

If you’d like more information on what Laser Spine Institute might be able to do for you, contact us today. We’ll review your MRI or CT scan for free to determine whether or not you are a good candidate for one of our procedures.

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