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Foraminal Stenosis Pain can be Reduced More Safely With Laser Surgery than Traditional Surgery

If you’ve already tried anti-inflammatory medications, pain killers, physical therapy, and other conservative treatments for your foraminal stenosis without achieving relief, your doctor may have suggested a laminectomy. This procedure involves cutting through the skin and muscle covering the affected area to reveal the foraminal stenosis site. The surgeon then cuts away a portion of a vertebra to relieve pressure on the compressed nerve. In some cases, the incised vertebra has to be fused to another to provide stability. If this all sounds scary and highly invasive to you, you’ll be happy to know there is another option: laser surgery from the Laser Spine Institute. Not only is this surgery much less invasive, but it also has higher success rates, and fewer potential complications.

Here are some other benefits to laser surgery for foraminal stenosis:

It requires only a small, incision, and uses a small tube to access the foraminal stenosis area. This method greatly reduces the possibility of damage to muscles in the back, reduces the risk of infection, reduces the amount of scar tissue that can build up and put pressure on the spine and nerves, and makes recovery time quicker.
It requires only the use of deep IV sedation and local anesthesia. This ensures that patients are comfortable, but are still lucid enough to communicate with the surgeon, aiding in the success of the surgery. It also removes the risks associated with general anesthesia.
It treats the cause of the foraminal stenosis without creating more pain in other parts of the spine. In traditional surgery, a large amount of scar tissue can build up, placing pressure on the spine and causing pain. Additionally, spinal fusions can also create pressure on the spine by decreasing mobility of the affected vertebrae.

In addition to these benefits from laser spine surgery, our patients also experience fast relief. They sometimes feel relief from their foraminal stenosis right on the operating table. Within two weeks some are back to their normal activities, and en route to taking their life back.

If this sounds like a better treatment for foraminal stenosis than a laminectomy, contact LSI today for more information. We’ll review your CT scan or MRI for free to determine if you are a candidate for laser spine surgery.

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