What does the term Microspinology, Microspinotomy or Microspinoscopy mean?
Microspinology is the science of minimally invasive spinal surgery. It involves microdiskectomy, and microspinotomy. Microdiskectomy involves removal of disk material, while microspinotomy involves removal of bone material. Many (about 70) surgeons perform Microdiskectomy of the lumbar spine. About 5 to 10 perform microdiskectomy of the cervical spine. About 3 perform true microspinotomy, and only we perform endoscopic hardware removal. Although we perform all these techniques, it is microspinotomy and that is our claim to fame. Microspinoscopy involves any aspect of minimally invasive spine surgery that utilizes arthroscopic (endoscopic) techniques. A Microspinologist or microspinoscopist is someone who specializes in these techniques. A microspinotomist is a minimally invasive surgery who performs arthroscopic bony work on the spine.
