The Surgeons of The Nebraska Spine Center
All of the surgeons at The Nebraska Spine Center are fellowship trained, meaning they have had at least one additional year of training specifically in spine surgery. They continue to attend courses, present lectures, conduct research and learn techniques that put them in a select group of some of the highest skilled surgeons currently practicing. Following is a list of some of the procedures they perform in local hospitals.
Surgical Procedures
• Discectomy (Microdiscectomy)
• Decompression (Laminectomy)
• Spinal Deformity Reconstruction (Scoliosis)
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF®)
Interspinous process distraction/decompression (X-Stop®)
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF)
Thoracoscopic anterior spine surgery
Foraminotomy
Spinal Fusion
Cervical (Neck) Fusion
• Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF)
• Posterior cervical fusion
Lumbar (low back) Fusion
• Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)
• Posterior lumbar fusion
• Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)
• Anterior and posterior fusion
Motion Preservation
Fracture Repair (trauma)
Tumor Surgery
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