A team of doctors at the Emirates Hospital, Jumeirah, recently performed a highly advanced minimally invasive spine surgery on a 48-year-old man with severe lower back pain for the past 9 months. The patient was suffering from severe back pain for the past several months that restricted his daily activities and made him heavily dependent on muscle relaxants and pain killers without getting any significant relief. Detailed MRI and X-ray examination of the patient revealed a vertebral defect, along with degenerative changes caused by the slipping of one vertebra over the other.
Considering the patient’s condition, the team of doctors decided to go ahead with the minimally invasive percutaneous pedicle screw placement surgery. During the surgery, the doctors inserted percutaneous pedicle screws into the vertebrae by making small incisions in the skin to allow stabilization of the spine.…
