Spine Surgery

Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute brings together a multidisciplinary team to deliver extraordinary care. Our experts are committed to providing patients the best outcomes and experience by combining clinical excellence and patient-centered care. 

• National recognition: Saint Luke’s is designated a Blue Distinction Center+ for spine surgery, demonstrating expertise that results in fewer complications and hospital readmissions.
• Connected and comprehensive care: We offer all the expertise and services you need in one program. We pay careful attention to small details that optimize your experience, from surgery to inpatient care and spine rehabilitation (rehab).

• Medically appropriate spine surgery: Many people feel better with non-surgical treatments. Spine experts, physical medicine doctors, physical therapists, and other specialists work together to personalize your treatment plan. We only recommend surgery if we are certain it will help you.

   

• Patient care navigators: Our navigators serve as a single point of contact to help patients navigate the surgery process and provide education before surgery, immediate post-surgery, and post discharge.

We explain the spine surgery option that best meets your needs and how it can help you. We perform many procedures using minimally invasive techniques. These involve small incisions and less blood loss for a short hospital stay. However, you may need additional services and a longer hospital stay. 

To help enhance recovery and improve patient outcomes, we have developed spine specific pathways with daily goals we like for you to achieve after surgery.

Post Operative Goals involve:

• Pain Management: Our team will work with you to ensure your pain is managed and you are as comfortable as possible after surgery.
• Early Ambulation: It is important to be up and walking as soon as possible after surgery.
• Inpatient & Outpatient Rehabilitation:  You will have the opportunity to work with therapists to help teach you how to get out of bed, perform self-care activities, and other daily tasks.
• Discharge Planning: As your recovery progresses, we help you prepare for discharge. The team explains what to expect and makes follow-up appointments
• Support: Nurse navigators coordinate helpful services that take some of the stress out of recovering from spine surgery.
   

Spine surgeries we perform

You have access to many spine procedures, including:

• Anterior or posterior Cervical (neck) fusion
• Artificial Disc Replacement
• Anterior or posterior Lumbar (low back) fusion
• Herniated disc procedures (discectomy, microdiscectomy)
• Spinal decompression (laminectomy, laminotomy, foraminotomy)
• Minimally Invasive Surgeries
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Spinal deformity correction (scoliosis)