—— FLAGSHIP PROCEDURE
Full Endoscopic Spine Surgery
A 7 mm portal. Awake or lightly sedated. Discharge the same day. Here’s how it works and who it’s for.
—— HOW IT DIFFERS FROM OPEN SURGERY
Through a tube the size of a pencil.
Open / microdiscectomy
3–5 cm incision · muscle retraction · 2–3 days admission · 4–6 weeks return to work
Full endoscopic spine
7 mm portal · no muscle cutting · same-day discharge · 1–2 weeks return to work
—— WHO IT’S FOR
Right indications make right outcomes.
- Single-level lumbar disc herniation with leg pain > 6 weeks not responding to physio
- Foraminal or far-lateral disc fragments — historically tricky for open access
- Foraminal stenosis with single-nerve-root symptoms
- Recurrent disc herniation in a previously operated segment
Not the right pick for: multi-level central canal stenosis, instability requiring fusion, cauda equina syndrome, or anyone who can’t manage a few hours of awake-on-table.
—— OUTCOMES
What our last 200 cases look like.
94%
Patient-reported leg-pain relief at 6 weeks
< 1.5%
Conversion to open surgery
98%
Same-day discharge rate
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