The Marina Spine Center at Marina Del Rey Hospital offers best-in-class spine care through a multidisciplinary team of world-renowned spine surgeons.
From conservative non-surgical approaches and pain management techniques, to minimally invasive procedures and advanced surgical procedures, the surgeons at Marina Spine Center work together to restore function when patients experience pain or injury that is severe or debilitating. Putting emphasis on non-surgical procedures, the staff of experts works closely together with physical therapists and athletic trainers in order to provide customized patient treatments for both professional athletes and normal people alike.
The caring experts at the Marina Spine Center are devoted to offering today's most advanced techniques and procedures in order to help all patients get back to enjoying life with the full mobility of a healthy spine. From evaluation and prevention, to treatment and rehabilitation, our physicians incorporate the clinical, educational, and investigational aspects of athletic injuries to treat athletes and "weekend warriors" alike, regardless of age.
At the Marina Spine Center, the goal is to deliver unsurpassed medical excellence at every phase of treatment. Ranking among the most qualified specialists in the world, the spine surgeons on staff specialize in every aspect of today's most sophisticated spinal care. From non-surgical spine options to minimally invasive spinal surgery, the mission is to help patients get back to a normal, healthy life as soon as possible. The Marina Spine Center is also dedicated to offer patients thorough information about all available spine treatment options in order to help people make an educated decision and choose the most appropriate treatment plan with the surgeon.
Marina Spine Center
For patients suffering from sports injuries, orthopedic issues, or spine disorders, our program offers the proven experience of the nation’s leading spine surgeons performing the newest, most advanced surgical solutions.
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ACDF:
ACDF stands for "anterior cervical discectomy and fusion." "Anterior" means the surgeon approaches the neck from the front, not the back. "Cervical" refers to the seven vertebrae that make up the neck. "Discectomy" means removing the disc material or bone spurs between the cervical vertebrae. "Fusion" means fusing together the vertebral bones above and below the disc.
Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement:
Cervical artificial disc replacement, or C-ADR, replaces a degenerated, symptomatic disc in the neck with a ball-and-socket prosthesis made of metal and plastic. A symptomatic disc is one that causes neck (axial) or arm (radicular) pain, with or without a negative effect on function or nerves. Examples of structurally degenerated discs are the classic "herniated disc," called herniated nucleus pulposes; spondylosis (evidenced by the presence of bone spurs, or osteophytes); and loss of disc height or hydration (when the disc acts like a sponge drying out).
Cervical Foraminotomy:
The foramen (latin for "window") is the hole through which a spinal nerve exits the spinal column to travel down the arm. Foraminal stenosis is narrowing of the hole causing compression of the spinal nerve. Foraminal stenosis can be due to a disc herniationdegeneration or degeneration of the facet joint. A cervical foraminotomy entails a minimally invasive microscopic procedure that enlarges the foramen by removing a small amount of bone, ligament, and joint capsule. In the right patient, the foraminotomy is a good alternative to a fusion operation.
Laminoplasty:
Cervical laminoplasty is performed to relieve compression on the spinal cord and nerves due to cervical spinal stenosis, or narrowing of the canal through which the spinal cord passes. Cervical stenosis can cause pain in the neck and arms, loss of balance, clumsiness in the hands, and overative reflexes in the arms and legs.
Laminectomy:
A cervical laminectomy is a spine surgery that involves removing bone to relieve excess pressure on the spinal nerve(s) in the cervical spine, or neck. A cervical laminectomy can be performed to relieve the symptoms of spinal stenosis, the narrowing of the spinal canal.
Fusion:
Spinal fusion is a surgical treatment and involves the joining of two vertebrae. It is used as treatment for spinal conditions such as scoliosis, degenerative disk disease, spinal tumor, scoliosis, etc.
Discectomy:
The traditional way of treating the herniated disc with surgery is to perform a laminotomy and discectomy. The term laminotomy means "make an opening in the lamina", and the term discectomy means "remove the disc". The term microdiscectomy refers to the same procedure as the laminotomy and discectomy but utilizes a microscope, smaller tools and instruments, and a smaller incision.
Kyphoplasty:
Kyphoplasty involves a minimally invasive approach to inject cement into a vertebral body compression fracture. Under x-ray guidance with a small incision, the cement is injected into a nonhealing and painful fracture. The cement provides stability to the fractured bone which can allow people to mobilize with less pain.
Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy:
MLD is an acronym for Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy. Microscopic refers to the use of a microscope or magnification system. Lumbar refers to the 5 lumbar segments of the low back. Discectomy refers to partial removal of the disc.
Microscopic Decompression:
Spinal decompression is a surgical procedure performed to relieve pressure and alleviate pain caused by the impingement of bone or disc material on the spinal cord or nerves. Today, this can be done using minimally invasive spine surgery.
ALIF:
The ALIF procedure has the benefit of obtaining excellent fusion potential thru a minimally invasive approach. Minimally invasive surgery entails minimal damage to muscles in the approach to the spine. The ALIF incision is beside the umbilicus.
TLIF:
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A fusion entails one vertebral body (ex. L4) fusing to another (ex. L5). This provides stability and decreases pain from the facet joints and disc (ex. L4-5) in between the vertebral bodies. The TLIF is a fusion that approaches the spine from the back (posterior), removes a facet joint in order to get access to the disc space thru the foramen (hence "transforaminal"). The disc is removed and replaced with a spacer (typically plastic) and bone graft (or substitute such as BMP).
XLIFDLIFLateral Fusion:
XLIF (Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion) and DLIF (Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion) are the same lateral (from the side) approach to the spine. A fusion entails one vertebral body (ex. L4) fusing to another (ex. L5). This provides stability and decreases pain from the facet joints and disc (ex. L4-5) in between the vertebral bodies.
Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement:
Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement is a technology designed to replace a symptomatic lumbar degenerated disc with a metal and plastic ball and socket prosthesis. A symptomatic disc is defined as causing low back (axial) or leg (radicular) pain with or without a functional or neurologic deficit. Examples of structurally degenerated discs are herniated nucleus pulposes (your classic 'herniated disc'), mild instability on motion, loss of disc height or hydration of the disc (like a sponge drying out), and vacuum phenomenon (air in the disc).
