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Does Summit Orthopedics perform minimally-invasive surgery?

Summit Orthopedics spine specialists David Strothman, M.D., and Edward Santos, M.D. share about minimally-invasive surgery at Summit. Learn more about these experts or common neck and back conditions at www.summitortho.com. Video Transcription: David Strothman, M.D.: Summit Orthopedics has a number of providers that perform minimally invasive spine procedures and all are experts in it. Any patient who is seeking a minimally invasive spine procedure will under good care within Summit Orthopedics. Edward Santos, M.D.: At Summit we have ability to offer cutting edge techniques for spine surgery. An example of this would be performance of minimal invasive procedures. The advantage of this is that instead of incurring significant damage to the soft tissues when we do these surgeries, we have now the ability to do them through small incisions with less soft tissue damage. I think that really makes a huge difference as far as recovery after surgery. We preserve the muscles, preserve the ligaments, which would otherwise be damaged with the conventional methods of doing the surgeries. This leads to faster recovery, faster return to work, and faster return to [inaudible 00:00:57]. Is minimally invasive surgery an option for everyone? The answer is no, there are certain cases that are amendable to minimally invasive surgery and most cases are at this time. There certainly are certain cases or situations where the more conventional methods have to be used.