Leading-Edge Treatment for a Variety of Spinal Disorders

Addressing a Wide Range of Spinal Problems

UH Spine Institute uses the newest, most sophisticated spinal surgery techniques in conjunction with proven, most established methods to address a wide range of spinal problems, including but not limited to:

• Back pain
  • Lumbar (lower back) pain and/or instability
  • Thoracic (mid/upper back) instability
• Cervical (neck) disc degeneration
• Cervical myelopathy
• Disc problems, including:
  • Collapsed disc
  • Herniated or slipped disc
  • Disc extrusion
  • Disc protrusion
  • Torn discs and annular tear
• Facet syndrome
• Malignant and benign spinal tumors
• Radiculopathy, or pinched nerve
  • Cervical radiculopathy
  • Lumbar radiculopathy (sciatica)
• Scoliosis
• Spinal arthritis
• Spina bifida
• Spinal cord compression
• Spinal deformities (e.g., scoliosis and kyphosis)
• Spinal fractures
• Spine infection
• Spinal stenosis
  • Cervical spinal stenosis
  • Lumbar spinal stenosis
  • Thoracic spinal stenosis
• Spondylosis/spondylolisthesis

Advanced Spinal Surgery Procedures

The UH Spine Institute utilizes techniques that have been shown to improve results, reduce pain and accelerate recovery after spinal surgery.

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is among a select group of centers in the U.S. that offer proton therapy for spine tumors. Proton therapy is a highly precise radiation therapy used to treat a variety of tumors in adults and children. It is especially valuable for the treatment of tumors on or near vital structures like the spine because the precise delivery minimizes damage to the surrounding healthy tissue and can reduce the side effects of treatment.

Our spine institute offers advanced procedures such as:

• Anterior cervical discectomy and corpectomy
• Anterior lumbar interbody fusion
• Lateral interbody fusion
• Lumbar laminectomy
• Lumbar microdiscectomy
• Minimally invasive spinal fusion
• Posterior cervical decompression and instrumentation
• Proton beam therapy
• Revision cervical spinal surgery
• Revision lumbar spinal surgery
• Spine Surgery with Robotic Guidance
• Spinal tumor resection