Mork and Haufe
 
The Leader In Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
 
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Only MicroSpine Does It All

 

MicroSpine is dedicated to the research and treatment of spinal disorders by utilizing MicroSpine surgery (Also referred to as Minimally Invasive or Laser Endoscopic Spine Surgery). We can resolve most spinal disorders through a hole the size of your small finger (1/4 to 1/2 of an inch)4. Our staff employs Cutting Edge Technology to resolve the most troublesome spinal problems. If most surgeons tell you that they can't help you, then we probably can. 

Since our surgeries are minimally invasive, the amount of recovery time is less, the amount of scarring is less, and the post operative pain is less. In fact, 99.9% of our patients will be up and walking the same day as the surgery. 

Some call it a miracle, but it simply is the advancement of spinal surgery to the next degree. Just as with shoulder and knee surgeries that once required large incisions and long recovery times, these surgeries are now done on an outpatient basis. So it only employs common sense to utilize these less invasive endoscopic surgical techniques to the spine. 

Many surgeons claim they can perform similar procedures, but they do not. These surgeons will tell you they could perform such a surgery but it wouldn't help you and thus they'll offer you a fusion or a larger incision. In reality, only a small handful of surgeons in the world perform these MicroSpine procedures1 and our physicians have personally performed thousands of them3.

 Our location is not in a big city and we are not owned by a large corporation but this allows our staff to focus on spinal surgery and research and not to be burdened by business and hospital politics. We are the only facility in the World dedicated to every aspect of minimally invasive spinal surgery. Yes, we are busy and you may have a short wait for surgery but good surgeons are busy. Be cautious of the surgeon who can get you in right way since there is probably a reason for their lack of patients. We design and manufacture our own tools and develop our own techniques, and we constantly monitor the literature to keep up to date on every aspect of evolving spine care. If it is cutting edge, then we probably do it. We have a complete staff of researchers and we have been regularly publicizing our data on our revolutionary techniques 2

So before you have any spinal surgery make sure you get all the facts about your options. Our staff will gladly review your MRI information and give you a free preliminary idea of what we believe we can offer you.

MicroSpine is capable of performing almost any spinal surgery procedure via an endoscopic approach, we can endoscopically perform:

 cervical endoscopic discectomy, thoracic discectomy, lumbar endoscopic discectomy, laminoforaminoplasty, corpectomy, hemilaminectomy, endoscopic thoracic spine surgery, facetectomy, Sacroiliac joint surgery, lumbar facet joint surgery, cervical facet joint surgery, thoracic facet surgery, vertebroplasty, cervical laminoforaminoplasty, spinal ligament surgery, endoscopic hardware removal, endoscopic fusion spine surgery, scoliosis surgery, spondylolisthesis spine surgery and sacral decompression surgery. Every one of our surgeries is performed endoscopically through incisions less than an inch1. Our surgeons have personally performed over 7,000 endoscopic laser spine procedures.  

MicroSpine is capable of treating almost any spine disorder. From Spinal stenosis, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, to herniated discs and discogenic pain with success rates that are similar or better than conventional surgery. Our endoscopic spine techniques are unique and even allow us to remove hardware endoscopically. Lasers are utilized to remove tissues, as well as specially designed cutting tools to remove bone. We can remove scar tissue, bone and disc as easy as it is done with conventional surgery. People travel from around the world to our spine center for treatment and besides this website, we generally don't advertise. Our patients mostly come from word of mouth, which is the best way to get new patients, by having happy, satisfied old patients. Our surgeons are upfront and honest, they will tell you what minimally invasive spine surgery can really offer you. We are not miracle workers and we can't help everyone and we won't tell you we can help you when we cannot. We are booked well in advance and unlike some other centers we rely on our reputation as advertisement. We believe a happy patient is the best advertising and we will stick with you from start to finish.

Join those who now are part of MicroSpine, The Spinal Surgery Revolution!

 

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Footnotes to above text:

1. To the best of our knowledge, approximately 2 to 4 surgeons perform true endoscopic bony spinal work of any real significance. Approximately 5 to 9 perform endoscopic cervical disc surgery and hundreds perform endoscopic lumbar disc surgery (although a smaller number perform these on a regular basis). We are the only facility that performs endoscopic spinal joint surgery, thoracic laser discectomy, endoscopic SI joint surgery, endoscopic hardware removal, or endoscopic bio-absorbable fusions or intradiscal stem cell therapy. If this information is inaccurate, please let us know.

2. Research takes time. Before any paper can be produced a certain amount of patients must have a specific surgery and be followed for a defined period of time. Then the information must to sent to a statistician and be scrutinized. After this the paper can be written and sent to the journals for publication. Publication in a journal can take up to a year because each journal will only allow you to submit the article to them and no one else (they essentially claim ownership of the article). Thus, one must wait for the journal to either accept or decline the article before proceeding to other journals. Medical Journal acceptance is tough and only around 20% of papers get accepted right away. Also, unlike a university, our doctors work on the research on their own time such as on weekends or evenings. This is why research takes so long and costs so much. Nonetheless, we have been regularly publicizing since 2004.

3. Doctor Mork has personally performed over 7000 Microspinoscopy surgeries as of 2007.

4. Occasionally with the endoscopic hardware removal surgery, the size of the bolts, rods or plates are too large to fit through a 1/2 inch portal and in these cases a larger portal of up to 3/4 of an inch is utilized.

Disclaimer: MicroSpine's surgeries are an alternative to conventional surgery and thus both conventional surgery or our endoscopic surgeries may benefit your condition. No spine surgery is 100% effective in every patient and there is never a guarantee with any surgery. Nonetheless, we offer a minimally invasive alternative to conventional surgery that may resolve your condition..


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