Spinal Surgery
Scheduled for Surgery?
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If you have a pre-surgery clinic or surgery appointment, please bring the following Patient Reported Outcome form:
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In some cases, surgery is the best treatment option for your back and spine condition. Your surgeon and surgery team at North Kansas City Hospital are here to make your spine surgery a success.
Why Get Spine Surgery at North Kansas City Hospital?
When it comes to spine surgery, you want care from the best. That’s what you find at NKCH.
- Top provider designation – We are one of five providers in Missouri designated as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery. You can count on us for safe, cost effective and efficient spinal surgery.
- Advanced technology – You get care from surgeons who use advanced imaging technology, such as the O-arm™ imaging system. Your provider can take 2D and 3D images during surgery. These images increase accuracy, improve safety and can reduce recovery time.
- A focus on quality – Your surgeon is more involved in the care you receive through our physician-led quality initiative. They help make ongoing improvements to the care we offer.
Spine Surgeries & Procedures
You may need neck, back or spine surgery if traditional treatment options don’t work. We offer:
- Cervical (neck) fusion
- Lumbar (low back) fusion (arthrodesis)
- Lumbar herniated disc procedures (discectomy or microdiscectomy)
- Minimally invasive surgery and microsurgery
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Spinal decompression (anterior cervical discectomy, laminectomy and laminotomy)
- Spinal deformity surgery
- Spinal fusion
- Spinal nerve decompression (foraminotomy)
- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
Rehabilitation Services
Get the physical therapy you need after surgery, or instead of surgery, with outpatient therapy and spine rehabilitation.