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The Dalcross Adventist Hospital specialist spine surgeons are highly experienced in treating spinal disorders at all levels, from the upper cervical spine (neck) to the sacrum and coccyx (tailbone).
What We Treat
The types of surgeries commonly performed include:
- Discectomy (removal of the intervertebral disc) and decompressions of nerve roots and spinal cord in the neck and lower back
- Spinal fusion surgery in the neck and lower back
- Disc replacement surgery
- Correction of spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis
- Reconstructions and palliative surgery for spinal tumours
- Surgical treatment of spinal infections
- Revision spinal surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Current technologies in neurosurgery and spinal surgery allow surgeons, in certain circumstances, to perform surgery through small incisions and approaches. This is called minimally-invasive or key-hole surgery. These techniques can lessen postoperative pain and scarring, and hasten recovery.
Minimally invasive surgery is provided for at Dalcross Adventist Hospital should your surgeon decide it is appropriate.
Spinal Injections
Injections comprise a less invasive, relatively conservative treatment option for back pain. They are typically considered as an option to treat back pain after a course of medications and/or physiotherapy is completed, but before surgery is considered. Injections can be useful both for providing pain relief and as a diagnostic tool to help identify the source of the patient’s back pain.
Please ask the nursing staff for further information regarding Spinal Injections.
Spinal GP Conference
A Spinal GP Conference was held at Sydney Adventist Hospital on Monday, 15 November 2010. Presentations from the speakers at the conference are available here for download.
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