When you have back or neck pain that isn’t responding to non-surgical treatments, spinal fusion might be the answer. Fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon Ashraf Guirgues, MD specializes in performing spinal fusion using minimally invasive techniques and robotic surgery. He and his team uses advanced tissue-sparing approaches that few other practices offer, including lateral lumbar interbody fusion to relieve chronic back pain. Find out if you could benefit from the team’s expertise by calling the Morehead City, Swansboro, or Jacksonville, North Carolina, location, or use the online booking form today.
Robotic lumbar fusion is a surgical procedure that uses robotic-assisted technology to perform a spinal fusion in the lower back (lumbar spine). The goal of the surgery is to stabilize the spine by permanently connecting two or more vertebrae using bone grafts and often implants like screws and rods.
You might need spinal fusion to address conditions of your cervical spine (neck) and lumbar spine (lower back) such as:
For a great many patients, non-surgical treatments like physical therapy, medication, and activity modification resolve their back or neck pain satisfactorily. There are also options like epidural steroid injections and radiofrequency ablation for more persistent cases.
Only when these methods aren’t achieving the symptom relief you need would we perform spinal fusion.
The first stage of the spinal fusion process is to remove damaged disc material and other excess tissues. Next, they insert the bone graft.
The technique the team uses to perform your spinal fusion depends on the reason for your surgery and factors like your age, weight, and general health. They typically use minimally invasive spine surgery methods for most patients and almost always use robotic surgery for lumbar spinal fusion.
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