|2010-02-09|  Do you have suffer from back pain or a continual back ache? Do you suffer from arthritis? Do you have leg pain? Has your doctor said you have sciatica, a bulging disk or a herniated disc? There are many treatment options for all of these problems. Many people will obtain significant and meaningful relief with physical therapy, chiropractic treatment, injections (including epidural steroid injections), massage therapy, bracing and acupuncture. For some people, further intervention such as surgery is needed. Our medical team at the Brain and Spine Center, located in Williamsville, NY, (a suburb of Buffalo), will carefully evaluate you. We will help you decide which treatment options best suit your needs.

There are now excellent minimally invasive surgical options permitting people to go home sooner, often the same day of their surgery. At the Brain and Spine Center, we specialize in performing these operations to help people with herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis. The goal is to eliminate or alleviate pain and to improve overall function. We have state of the art equipment enabling us to perform cutting edge techniques. Recuperation is typically quite expedient and outcomes are most favorable.

If your doctor has recommended back surgery, neck surgery or more specifically decompression, a laminectomy for spinal stensosis, a discectomy, or a fusion surgery, ask about the various minimally invasive alternatives which most often result in a shorter hospital stay, faster recovery, less pain medications following surgery, less blood loss and smaller scars. Below are some of the commonly performed surgeries performed by Brain and Spine Center Neurosurgeons:.

Minimally Invasive Microscopic Discectomy
Minimally Invasive Laminectomy
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF)
Direct Lumbar Interbody Fusion (DLIF)
Xtreme Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (XLIF)
Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Vertebroplasty / Kyphoplasty