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Traditional Back Surgery Risks Avoided with NJ Spine Surgery

•    Invasive procedures commonly use 6-inch incisions. NJ spine surgery procedures only need a very slight incision. This reduces trauma to the body.

•    Tissue damage and blood loss result from large incisions. Often muscle is damaged leading to excessive and unnecessary blood loss.

•    NJ spine surgery avoids anesthesia risks. Instead of general anesthesia, laser spine surgery requires a local sedative.

•    FBSS is a post-operative condition caused by excessive scar tissue. Patients who undergo open back surgery and acquire FBSS can experience recovery after corrective laser surgery.

Using Non-invasive Methods Offer:

•    Short Recovery Periods—days and weeks vs. months of recovery time
•    Outpatient Procedures—out patient procedures with low risk rates
•    Low Anesthetic Complication Risks—sedative anesthesia

A patient opting for laser discectomy, compared to a patient who chooses open back surgery dramatically reduces their recovery time. Walking out of the hospital the same day as their laser treatment instead of a long hospital stay is typical for laser treatments.

Laser discectomy treatments are free of excessive bleeding typical of traditional back surgery. Threats of infection and nerve damage are significantly lowered.

Healing rates for New Jersey spinal surgery are quick compared to traditional back surgeries. Though recovery time depends on the health of each patient, laser spinal surgery is an outpatient procedure. Patients leave the same day as their treatment, most returning to regular daily tasks within several days. After a few weeks, patients are on their way to full recovery. Traditional surgeries necessitate months to heal.

Scar tissue is a common cause for traditional post-operative conditions. These conditions create problems and pain. New Jersey spinal surgery often corrects these conditions with short recovery following.

The decreased risk of spinal operations:

•    Low Infection Rates—Spinal operations have low wound infection and spinal infection rates.
•    Injuries Resulting from Surgery—Low nerve injury risks are due to small incisions used in non-invasive operations.
•    Invasive Surgery Risks—Avoiding traditional surgery eliminates the need for invasive procedures and risks with general anesthesia.
•    Internal Objects—non-invasive operations are extremely effective without using permanent and foreign objects such as pins and steel cages.
•    No Mortality Rate—There have been no documented deaths as a result of laser procedures.
•    Hospitalization—Spinal operations are outpatient procedures contributing to lowered risk and less hospitalization.

Evaluating the Differences:

•    Post Operative Concerns
•    Anesthesia Complications
•    Infection Risks

With traditional back surgery, it is common for scar tissue to form. Scar tissue from surgery can be even more painful than the condition was initially.  Since only a small incision is used for a laser procedure, scar tissue formation is avoided with laser spine surgery.

Anesthesia Risks or infections due to hospital stays are eliminated as concerns for those who undergo laser spinal surgery. A local sedative is used instead of general anesthesia and laser spine procedures are outpatient treatments.