Benefits of minimally invasive spinal surgery
Dr Benjamin Tow discusses the advantages of keyhole surgery of the spine
Minimally invasive surgery to the spine is also known as keyhole surgery and is done through small incisions, Dr Tow says. “For the spine it entails the use of smaller incisions through special retractors that allow us to do the same procedure that we do in open surgery but with a much smaller incision, a smaller amount of tissue destruction, and a smaller amount of tissue damage.”
The sum total of this is that the patient experiences less pain and has a faster recovery from the surgery because there is a smaller incision, less bleeding, and reduced requirement for painkillers. There is also fewer requirements for blood transfusions and a much lower rate of wound infections. All this translates to a more painless surgical experience, a faster recovery that gets patients back to work and back to their normal activities quicker, and a lower complication rate for wound infections, pain, and post-op complications, like nausea, vomiting and the need for transfusions.
Dr Benjamin Tow is a consultant orthopeadic and spine surgeon, with extensive experience in treating degenerative conditions of the spine, deformity-surgery and minimally-invasive spine surgery, as well as treating general orthopaedic conditions in children and adults. He is in private practice at The Orthopaedic and Spine Clinic in Singapore and can be contacted at +65 6235 5774.
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