Advancements in Spinal Surgery
Nationally recognized experts provide numerous minimally invasive procedures
P. Mark Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Department of Neurological Surgery
Chris Lycette, M.D.
Co-chief, Division of Spine Surgery
James Weis, M.D.
Co-chief, Division of Spine Surgery
- How do physicians at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network approach patients with back pain?
- What types of spinal conditions do you treat?
- What types of surgery do you perform?
Q: How do physicians at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network approach patients with back pain?
A: Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network offers a multidisciplinary spine center approach for patients with back pain, progressing from conservative therapy to pain management to surgical options. For most patients, this is the appropriate route of care. For patients with neurological symptoms, surgical options are evaluated more rapidly.
Q: What types of spinal conditions do you treat?
A: The team at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network provides expert diagnosis and treatment for back problems, including:
- Chronic back pain
- Compression fractures
- Degenerative disc disease
- Herniated discs
- Neurological symptoms of back pain
- Osteoporosis
- Scoliosis
- Spinal instability
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal tumors
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
Q: What types of surgery do you perform?
A: Our physicians are at the forefront of minimally invasive spinal surgery and disc replacement surgery. We are involved in leading-edge clinical research, ensuring patients have access to the most advanced treatments available. Our offerings include:
- Artificial disc replacement (cervical and lumbar)
- Cervical laminoplasty
- Cervical laminotomy
- Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty
- Microscopic and open laminectomy
- Lumbar micro-laminotomy
- Microdiscectomy
- Scoliosis surgery
- Spinal fusion
- Spinal instrumentation
This page last updated 5/28/08 01:55 PM
