Ultrasonic Spine Surgery
Ultrasonic spine surgery can be used for many conditions, but is most often utilized when it is necessary to remove a small amount of bone to treat a patient’s pain.
While traditional spine surgery is safe and effective, the usual instruments used to carve away bone or tissue can be tedious and difficult to maneuver, particularly when working in very close proximity to nerves or the spinal cord.
How is Ultrasonic Spine Surgery Performed?
Ultrasonic spinal surgery utilizes a novel and innovative ultrasonic device. This device uses ultrasound waves at a specific frequency range to perform cuts into dense tissues, such as bone. Since soft tissue structures, such as the dura and ligamentum flavum, are of a different density, these structures can move away and bend from the device’s blades; therefore, sparing these soft tissue structures. This tool allows surgeons to perform precise bone cuts with tissue selectivity, allowing this device to perform bone cuts with greater accuracy and safety.
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What are the Benefits of Ultrasonic Spine Surgery?
An ultrasonic device allows the surgeon to very precisely sculpt away bone or other tissues to relieve pressure on nerves with minimal disruption to the surrounding area.
- Better accuracy in bone cutting
- Less cutting of soft tissues
- Decrease in vibration of the tool while cutting (safer when working around spinal cord and nerves)
