Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Interventional Pain Medicine :  the future of spine and pain care is here today.

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Historically patients have been limited in their choices when it comes to managing their spinal and other pain disorders with either pills or major surgeries. These treatments often lead them to struggle with less than satisfactory results after months to years of post-operative frustration.

In the 21st century medicine and technology have merged and grown together. This merge has been the catalyst for the evolutionary movement in medicine towards minimally invasive surgeries and procedures. What once took a 20 cm incision and a week stay in the hospital can be achieved in under an hour through a hole smaller than a one piaster coin. For the patient this means less tissue destruction, fewer complications, quicker recovery times and similar if not better results than the more traditional "classic" open surgeries.

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 Al Khalidi Spine and Pain Center is directed by Harvard Medical School trained and  American bi-boarded spine/pain specialist Dr. Sadiq Nezar Haba, who uses a unique multi-faceted stepwise algorithmic approach in treating complex spinal and chronic pain disorders.

 Dr. Sadiq Nezar Haba :  "Our aim for each patient is to increase their quality of life and restore function."  

 The idea is that after an initial consultation the patient is placed in the lowest or least invasive diagnostic/treatment step only to advance up the ladder if the previous step(s) fail to bring relief of the presenting complainants. Thus, more invasive procedures or surgeries can usually be avoided unless absolutely necessary to bring the pain under control. Once a clear diagnosis has been made the patient's pain can be managed if not cured all together. This usually means implementing a multi-disciplinary approach involving combination of treatment modalities. These may include a short course of medications/infusions, physical therapy, interventional diagnostic and /or therapeutic procedures, and last but not least preventative strategies.

Almost every pain patient will be able to reduce their suffering to a point where it no longer will interface with their daily life activities. Most procedures performed at the clinic can be done with minimal to no anesthesia at all. This means the patient can go home minutes after most treatments. This is because at Al Khalidi Spine and Pain Center we use a special x-ray machine that can see into your body in a "real –time" manner that permits Dr.Sadiq  to access into the painfull area by using a very small needle, which almost all patients tolerate very well. This allows for a therapeutic laser precise targeting of the pain generator(s).

Pain conditions treated at the Al Khalidi Spine and Pain Center :

Spinal

• Neck/Arm Pain
• Back/Leg Pain
• Disc Disease
• Disc Herniation (slipped disc)
• Spinal Stenosis (Arthritis)
• Sciatica
• Spondylosis/Spondylolisthesis
• Spinal Fractures
• Osteoporosis
• Previously failed spinal surgery
• Scoliosis/Kyphosis
• Muscular/Ligamentous Injury
• Whiplash Injury

 Non-Spinal

• Post-Surgical Pain
• Nerve/Neuropathic Pain
• Joint Pain (Shoulder, Hip, and Knee)
• Cancer Pain
• Arthritis Pain
• Muscular Pain
• Headaches/Facial Pain
• Abdominal/Pelvic Pain
• Diabetic Pain
• Vascular Insufficiency Pain
• Post-Stroke Pain
• Spasticity Pain
• Trigeminal/Post-Herpatic Neuralgia

  Surgeries and  Procedures performed at Al Khalidi Spine and Pain Center :

 Spinal

• Endoscopic Spinal Surgery
• Endoscopic Laser Discectomy
• Endoscopic Laminoplasty/Foraminoplasty
• Percutaneous Discectomy/Nucleoplasty
• Intra-Discal Thermal Lesioning
• Discography
• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
• Balloon Kyphoplaasty
• Raiofrequency Nerve Ablation
• Epidural Steroid Injections
• Facet Joint Injections
• Sacro-illiac Joint Injections
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Lysis of Spinal Canal Adhesions
• Trigger Point Injections

 Non-Spinal

• Peripheral/Central Nerve Blockade
• Peripheral/Central Neurolysis
• Shoulder, Hip, Knee Joint Injections
• Muscle/Bursal Injections
• Botox Chemodenervation
• Sympathetic Ganglion Blockade
• Spinal (Intra-thecal) Drug Delivery