Non-Surgical Treatment

The Spine Center at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center provides a range of non-surgical treatment options for conditions causing back pain that include:

• Chronic Pain Management: including biofeedback, medication, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and counseling.
• Injections: such as epidural steroid injections, cortisone steroid injections, facet joint injections and injections to the nerve root sacroiliac.
• Kyphoplasty: a two-step procedure in which a balloon is first inserted to restore the shape of the spine and then a cement-like mixture is inserted into the fractured vertebra.
• Lysis of Epidural Adhesions: a procedure in which medication is injected into the epidural space to relieve pain and dissipate scar tissue.
• Radiofrequency Lesioning: a procedure using a specialized machine to interrupt nerve conduction on a semi-permanent basis. The nerves are usually locked for six to nine months.
• Vertebroplasty: a procedure in which a cement-like mixture is inserted into the fractured vertebra.

Surgical Treatment

While most cases of back pain can be successfully treated with non-surgical options, some conditions may require surgery. Some of the diagnoses that may need surgery include:

• Herniated Discs
• Spinal Stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Vertebral Fractures
• Degenerative Disc Disease

With board-certified neurosurgeons, interventional radiologists and pain management specialists, The Spine Center at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center provides a complete range of surgical treatment options that include:

• Hardware Revision
• Kyphoplasty: a two-step procedure in which a balloon is first inserted to restore the shape of the spine and then a cement-like mixture is inserted into the fractured vertebra.
• Lysis of Epidural Adhesions: a procedure in which medication is injected into the epidural space to relieve pain and dissipate scar tissue.
• Laminectomy/Discectomy: a procedure in which part of the lamina is removed as well as a portion of a ligament. The herniated disc is then removed.
• Microdiscectomy: similar to a discectomy, but using a smaller injection.
• Spinal Fusion: when two or more vertebra are joined together using bone grafts, screws and rods.
• Percutaneous Surgical Techniques: using minimally invasive procedures.
• Scoliosis Deformity Correction
• Spinal Cord Stimulator: an implantable medical device that generates an electrical impulse near the surface of the spinal cord and provides a tingling sensation that alters the perception of pain.
• Treatment of Spine Trauma
• Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
• Radiofrequency Lesioning: a procedure using a specialized machine to interrupt nerve conduction on a semi-permanent basis. The nerves are usually blocked for six to nine months.
• Vertebroplasty: a procedure in which a cement-like mixture is inserted into the fractured vertebra.