Patients who wish to avoid the hospital stay and recovery time associated with surgery may benefit from a minimally invasive alternative. With the aid of imaging devices, these cutting-edge procedures can be performed through smaller incisions than traditional surgery. The result is a faster recovery and less risk of complications, allowing you to get back to your typical routines without the pain that’s been holding you back. Minimally invasive procedures offered at Bergen Pain Management include:

  • Endoscopic and percutaneous decompression
  • Endoscopic discectomy
  • Endoscopic foraminotomy
  • Kyphoplasty
  • MILD (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression)
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Vertiflex
 

Interventional spine medicine is a subtype of neurology that specializes in minimally invasive solutions to chronic pain. Your spine is responsible for passing signals to the brain, where they are received and may be processed as pain. An interventional procedure uses injections, blocks, and stimulators to alter how nerves function in the spinal cord. Thus, these pain signals are never processed or felt. The following procedures are proven effective in eliminating pain and improving patient recoveries:

  • Caudal, interlaminar, and transforaminal epidural steroid injections
  • Cervical endoscopic surgery
  • Discography
  • Dorsal root ganglion therapy
  • Endoscopic laser facet rhizotomy
  • Epidural lysis of adhesions
  • Facet joint injections
  • Facet joint thermal ablation
  • Intercostal nerve, medial branch, stellate ganglion, and sympathetic blocks
  • Intrathecal pumps
  • Minimally invasive spine fusion
  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Sacroiliac joint injections
  • Spinal cord stimulator