PROCEDURES
Atlantic Brain and Spine is committed to helping patients find relief and return to normal life. Often this never involves surgery. However, with conditions that do require an operation, Dr. Jae Lim’s training with minimally invasive procedures provide some of the safest and most accurate procedures in the Northern Virginia region.
Endoscopic spine surgery is a minimally invasive procedure that uses micro incisions and specialized tools to address spinal conditions with greater accuracy, more safety and better results.
ENDOSCOPIC SPINE SURGERY
(MIS) simply describes our innovative surgical techniques that minimize tissue trauma during a spinal surgery. Using these minimally invasive techniques allows us to provide much shorter hospital stays, and faster, less painful recovery periods for our patients. While not all patients are candidates for minimally invasive techniques, each patient is evaluated in order to determine the most effective treatment for them as an individual.
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY (MISS)
ROBOTIC SPINE SURGERY
Robotic spine surgery is a surgical process that allows our surgeons to access mechanical precision not normally possible for a human.
Motion Preservation Spine Surgery is a surgical technique that allows patients to avoid spinal fusions. In its simplest form, MPSS includes micro decompression techniques that maximize the preservation of spinal structures compared with traditional open surgeries. Perhaps the biggest advantage of MPSS is that patients who undergo the procedure typically have surgeries that take a fraction of the time and experience a much faster recovery.
MOTION PRESERVATION SPINE SURGERY
SPINAL FUSION
A spinal fusion is a surgical procedure that uses a graft to join vertebrae together, with the aim of preventing movement between them.
ARTIFICIAL DISC REPLACEMENT SURGERY
This procedure replaces a seriously damaged, degenerated disc with an artificial disc that effectively mimics the original disc.
You may have seen or heard about clinics offering a minimally invasive laser surgery in recent years. Unfortunately, this is a scientifically and clinically unproven technique that has yet to demonstrate any actual treatment effectiveness for structural spinal conditions. In fact, using a laser beam around neural structures can actually be dangerous.
LASER SPINE SURGERY
ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY (ERAS)
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery is a multi-faceted, multidisciplinary approach that aims to put the patient in charge of their recovery after spine surgery, reduce the need for opioids and improve overall outcomes.