You might have seen or heard about endoscopic spine surgery and wondering what it is. Historically, everything is evolved with more advanced technology and integration of resreached and data, medicine and surgery are the same. A century ago, we have not heard of knee scope, shoulder scope, or hip scope. Many surgeons were labeled “crazy” with the idea of performing arthroscopy to treat joint pathologies. Many gave up due to peer pressure. Some Read more…

When I was trained 20+yeasr ago, open surgery is a standard of care. But we kept seeing the patients came back for more problems. Recent researches showed that what we knew and what we did in the past likely contribute to the ongoing problems that the patient has. Well, we learn from our mistakes. Many researchers showed that the open surgery causing damage to the “essential” muscle in the back named “Multifidus”. It Read more…

Minimally Invasive Surgery is a very common terminology if you are a spine patient, spine surgeon, or healthcare personnel who are in the spine industry. It is so common that majority of the spine surgeons and practices marketing themselves as an “MIS” Guy. So what is exactly is it? Some might say it is the size of the surgery. Some might say it is the “cutting edge” technique. Some might say it is Read more…